Budgets

New Jersey's long track record of aiding distressed municipalities continues, according to S&P Global Ratings credit analyst Timothy Little.

The state Senate could bring the spending plan up for a vote that could help end a nearly five-month impasse.

Chicago Public Schools will ask its board to OK up to $1.1 billion of borrowing Wednesday.

Comptroller Susana Mendoza wants lawmakers to override Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of the Debt Transparency Act.

Oklahoma's Republican leaders agreed to increase taxes on cigarettes and fuel to stabilize the budget.

The petition calls the $1.25 billion budget-balancing move unconstitutional.

The AA-rated city has strong reserves, according to Fitch Ratings.

Treasurer Denise Nappier called for sound bond-cap provisions, full funding of ARCs and adherence to a 2008 pension bond covenant.

The federal government ran an $8.0 billion surplus in September, the Treasury Department reported Friday.

Chicago's proposed budget makes incremental progress, according to S&P Global Ratings.

Few details have emerged yet about a tentative state budget deal that might help the capital city dodge bankruptcy.

The Ocean State is divided over a deal to build a minor-league baseball stadium in Pawtucket.

The former police detective turned entrepreneur and actor takes aim at Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Judge James Gibbons allowed the city to appeal immediately to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

New York mayoral candidate and former police detective Bo Dietl explains how he would make city government more effective if elected, with such initiatives as zero-based budgeting, CompStat metrics throughout all departments and reduced rates-of-return assumptions for the pension funds. Hosted by Paul Burton.

Chicago relying on savings from new securitization borrowing program to help balance 2018 books.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer cited pension fund gains while challenger Michel Faulkner said the incumbent doesn't stand up to mayor Bill de Blasio's spending.

Moody’s lowered Niagara Falls’ general obligation debt to Baa3 from Baa2.

Senate consideration is next as Pennsylvania winds through the fourth month of its budget stalemate.

The mayor's office said the survey by City Controller Alan Butkovitz, a soda tax opponent, wasn't impartial.