Budgets

Luke Bronin, in an interview at the Brookings Municipal Finance Conference, said Connecticut's capital city is "in a stronger position than we’ve been in a long time."

Mayor Paul George wants to bring the city into the Act 47 workout program for struggling municipalities.

“Nassau County is in a fiscal crisis bordering on a fiscal emergency,” said the new Comptroller Jack Schnirman.

The deposit exceeds some pre-budget estimates that the fund would receive $14 million, said Gov. Tom Wolf.

The federal government ran a $74.9 billion deficit in June, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority, already under state scrutiny for costing public schools nearly $78 million of revenues because of mismanagement, is now a focus of the city’s new fiscal watchdog.

New York City’s Department of Finance continues to pay businesses that owe millions of dollars in past due taxes, according to an audit by Comptroller Scott Stringer.

The school district established a leadership team as it exercizes local control for the first time in more than 16 years.

The combined $10 million payment by Aetna, The Hartford and Travelers is a positive for Connecticut's struggling capital, according to Moody's Investors Service.

A panel of Senate and House negotiators have yet to reconcile their versions of a $41 billion plan.