Budgets

Texas lawmakers are facing a special session after a battle over elections, firearms and finance.

While Jacques Jiha cited improved outlooks to stable from Moody's and S&P, skeptics warned of inadequate use of federal aid and lingering outyear budget gaps.

Oklahoma can cut taxes and boost school funding while expanding Medicaid coverage thanks to healthy revenues.

Illinois won't wait for the Treasury Department to consider its request to add COVID-19-related debt repayment as an eligible use of ARP funds.

In what one critic called a "riverboat gamble," Mayor Jorge Elorza in Rhode Island's capital city seeks $704 million to pump into a severely unfunded system.

Federal aid and vaccine distribution boosted the city's finances and optimism for economic recovery, but uncertainty lurks at the national and state levels.

Proposed remedies were as varied as the candidates themselves as eight leading Democratic candidates jousted in a live televised debate.

The outlook shift to stable from negative is a badly needed shot in the arm from the capital markets as the city prepares to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mayor Mike Duggan and Michigan's governor, Gretchen Whitmer, have raised alarms over the impact of changes proposed by the Detroit Charter Review Commission.

Andrew Rein of the Citizens Budget Commission and Howard Cure of Evercore Wealth Management dive into the New York City's operating and capital budgets. Paul Burton hosts. (38 minutes)