Budgets

There are times when there is no better alternative to a tax increase.

Philadelphia’s new five-year fiscal strategy was endorsed by City Controller Alan Butkovitz.

Pennsylvania state leaders are still negotiating how to fund their new budget.

Massachusetts legislators finally agreed to terms on a $40.2 billion budget for fiscal 2018.

Breaking a record two-year budget impasse drove a dramatic easing of Illinois' spread penalties.

Liquidity and pension woes still remain after Illinois enacted its first budget since 2015.

Massachusetts legislators expect to vote Friday on the final version of a state budget.

The Illinois House overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner's veto to enact the first state budget in two years.

Ohio transit funding got a boost from a veto override.

Hartford, Conn., on the brink of insolvency, hired Greenberg Traurig LLP as restructuring counsel.

Pennsylvania’s budget inaction landed the state on credit watch with negative implications.

Malloy says he's open to revenue bonds

The Massachusetts House speaker urged lawmakers to move on a budget before a marijuana bill.

Rhode Island’s fiscal 2018 budget is in no-man’s land amid a dispute between the Senate and House.

A series of high-profile cases may endanger California’s “vested rights” doctrine.

Chicago and Illinois spreads got a boost as two years of state gridlock appeared to be nearing an end.

College-bound high school seniors from across New York City got their first introduction to the world of public finance on Wednesday when they attended a special bond class organized by The Municipal Forum of New York and Futures and Options.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed a new budget early Tuesday, ending the state’s first government shutdown in 25 years.

New Jersey lawmakers forged a budget deal in the early hours of the Fourth of July that paved the way for a new law boosting the state’s underfunded pension system with lottery revenues.

Illinois Democrats need to keep 15 GOP representatives on board to succeed in overriding Gov. Bruce Rauner's budget veto.