Budgets

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer released the city’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2018 on Wednesday.

The Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission will present its findings to Gov. Tom Wolf and the General Assembly.

City-county council of Marion County and Indianapolis approved Mayor Joe Hogsett's second straight structurally balanced budget on Oct. 15.

With Philadelphia’s general fund surplus returned to near pre-recession levels, the city’s fiscal watchdog says now is the time to prepare for the next economic downturn.

The pace of recovery varies widely, and many local government budgets are in worse shape than before the 2008 financial crisis.

The 50 City Council members will ultimately have to sign off on new revenue needed to achieve actuarial funding.

The Puerto Rico Oversight Board has voted unanimously to ok a five-year fiscal plan that faces local government opposition.

Moody's Investors Service lowered its outlook for the county's Aa1 rating.

Gage County had consulted a bankruptcy attorney, who told officials it wouldn't qualify for Chapter 9.

S&P Global Ratings cautioned Chicago's leaders about issuing pension obligation bonds and avoiding a backslide on budget progress.

Long Island’s Nassau County is staring at its lowest budget deficit in four years, according to its state fiscal control board.

Only two Michigan school districts remain under state oversight.

Andrew Kleine discusses his new book “City on the Line,” which takes readers through his rollercoaster 10-year run as Baltimore budget director — from arriving amid the Great Recession, working with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in the lead up to the 2015 riots and implementing outcome based budgeting to achieve a fiscal turnaround. Hosted by Andrew Coen.

"I thought their approach was novel," Connecticut Lottery Corp. President Gregory Smith said of New Jersey's maneuver to boost pension funding.

Rahm Emanuel, who is not seeking re-election, offered a budget with no tax increases or answers to long-term pension funding questions.

The Georgia Supreme Court won't delay a referendum to de-annex half of Stockbridge, though the state's de-annexation law is still being challenged in court.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer said the Metropolitan Transportation Authority should cut commuter-rail fares within the boroughs to the cost of a subway MetroCard.

Jim Spiotto of Chapman Strategic Advisors explores creative means to revive states and cities and boost pension funding. He also discusses lessons learned from the Lehman Brothers collapse. Paul Burton hosts.

New York State made a one-time payment to Niagara Falls to offset disputed casino revenue-sharing losses.

The federal government ran a $119.1 billion surplus in September, the Treasury Department reported Thursday.