Budgets

The unrestricted cash balance was nearly unchanged from the end of fiscal 2017.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday said he will not seek re-election next year.

Buffalo Comptroller Mark Schroeder addresses the city’s latest fiscal challenges stemming from dwindling reserves and his political future after an unsuccessful Democratic primary challenge against longtime Mayor Byron Brown. Andrew Coen hosts.

Most of the damage caused by the region's many summer blazes has been contained to wildlands.

Michigan no longer has any local governments under emergency management and the state program may be quietly laid to rest.

City Budget Director Melanie Hartzog discusses the $89.16 billion fiscal 2019 budget, spending priorities, reserves and the dynamic between Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office and the City Council. Chip Barnett and Paul Burton host.

The commonwealth also intends to offer $765 million of GO bonds and $160 million of Clean Water Trust bonds.

Two of three sales in Connecticut’s recent bond offering set record retail orders, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier, while spreads continued to drop.

Multiple constitutional claims, including racial gerrymandering, are cited in lawsuits filed by the city of Stockbridge and Capital One Public Funding.

Moody's Investors Service raised the county to Aaa from Aa1.

Minor-league baseball's Pawtucket Red Sox rejected a Rhode Island bonding framework for more generous subsidies in Worcester.

The state expects to come to market with an $889.1 million general obligation sale in three tranches.

The federal government ran a $76.9 billion deficit in July.

The city's struggles reflect those of northeast Pennsylvania’s depressed coal region.

“Strategic investments” account for the 20% increase in spending since New York Mayor Bill de Blasio took office, his budget director said Thursday.

The legislation, which aims to curb the effects of app-based for-hire vehicles on city streets, may lead to a congestion pricing framework.

Consumer credit increased by $10.2 billion in June to $3.908 trillion, the Federal Reserve reported Tuesday.

Evercore's Howard Cure and the Citizens Budget Commission's Maria Doulis scrutinize the city's FY19 spending plan. Paul Burton hosts.

More than $60 million in new debt Owensboro Municipal Utilities could issue this month to pay for the expansion of its William Cavin Water Treatment Plant would have no effect on the city's credit.

The county wanted to borrow to cover a $46 million judgment that was paid from its 2018 operating budget to two men exonerated from a 1980s murder conviction.