Budgets

Three straight years of budget surpluses led S&P Global Ratings to upgrade the Nassau County town of 766,000.

The U.S. current account deficit widened to $124.1 billion in the first quarter from a revised $116.1 billion gap in the previous quarter.

The sales tax increase will bring in an extra $30 million to cover a projected $28 million budget shortfall.

The nation's second-most-populous county faces “difficult choices," board President Toni Preckwinkle said.

State officials intend to come to market with $225 million of Commonwealth Transportation Fund revenue bonds.

S&P said there was a one-in-three chance that it could raise Allen Park's rating by multiple notches over the next year.

The Atlanta City Council on Monday is expected to pass a $2.1 billion budget for fiscal 2019.

The budget has become a bone of contention between the mayor and city council members.

A conservative budgeting approach in the wake of severe fiscal distress led S&P Global Ratings to revise its outlook to positive.

Philadelphia City Controller Rebecca Rhynhart discusses her election victory last year knocking off a longtime incumbent along with some of the city’s most pressing fiscal issues including a controversial soda tax and whether to continue providing abatements on new construction. Andrew Coen hosts.