Budgets

Cities across the state are looking for pension relief as J.B. Pritzker prepares to take the reins as governor.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded Johnson City to Baa3.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan will name a permanent replacement for the departing John Hill in the spring.

The Independent Budget Office expects city debt service to rise to $8.4 billion in fiscal 2022 from $6.8 billion in fiscal 2020.

Funding levels for grant programs won't be set until next year.

Simone Brody, executive director of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative, discusses how the project has helped city governments tackle pressing issues including cybersecurity, climate change and transportation. Andrew Coen and John Hallacy host.

The commonwealth intends to sell $915 million of tax-exempt new money and refunding bonds and $50 million of taxable bonds.

The bi-state transportation agency's new budget plan keeps it on track to tackle large-scale airport redevelopment projects.

The bank has long funded wastewater, renewable energy and brownfield remediation projects.

The delay in Washington means state and local budget planners lack critical federal inputs until early next year.