Budgets

This would be the state's first bond issuance since 2023.

New Jersey says the Lakewood Township School District failed to deliver an adequate education. The district says it is shortchanged by state funding formulas.

After Mayor Brandon Johnson split the city's $260 million advance pension payment, more than 30 aldermen introduced a resolution calling for a special hearing.

New York City's longtime bad budgeting habits are coming back to haunt it, said Mark Levine, who was sworn in as comptroller this month.

The mayor-elect expects the reductions in staff will reduce payroll by $27 million.

"The upgrade to Baa3 recognizes the city's fiscal stability under the current casino taxation format," as well as rapid debt defeasance, the rating agency said.

Chicago's city council passed its alternative budget over the weekend. Mayor Brandon Johnson hates it, but said he would not veto it.

New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named Sherif Soliman, a veteran of three mayoral administrations, as New York City's budget director.

Three casinos are betting billions of dollars on the New York City market. The state is hoping to cash in, too.

The city council president hopes the panel will override the mayor's veto of the budget this week.

The creation of state-owned banks would be uniquely impactful to help states and municipalities meet today's unprecedented short- and long-term challenges.

"The steps that would be necessary to restore a sound fiscal profile are becoming increasingly drastic," the rating agency said in downgrading Jersey City.

A vote Wednesday by Chicago's city council would speed up budget hearings and signals that a majority of alders may go their own way on the budget.

A 2025 state law prohibits cities from increasing their property tax revenue if they fail to produce a timely annual financial audit.

States face broadening credit challenges, and while local governments have shown resilience, school districts are more at risk, S&P Global Ratings said.

The county treasurer's new report describing large hikes in Chicago residential tax bills effectively takes property tax hikes off the table for the city.

City Council President Jean-Paul Morrell said Mayor LaToya Cantrell had engaged in a "breathtaking abdication" of her job.

Oakland touts financial turnaround with a $335 million bond sale ahead, despite negative credit outlooks.

States face slowing revenue growth and increasing spending pressures, the National Association of State Budget Officers said in its Fiscal Survey of States.

The $6.3 billion all-funds budget was amended in the wake of the Nov. 4 defeat of a property tax rate increase that would have raised $109.5 million in revenue.