Budgets

Eric Papenfuse called for a hiring freeze and renewed scrutiny for all non-essential spending after the state budget did not give him the taxing flexibility he seeks.

New York City is making the move through HUD's Rental Assistance Demonstration program.

A new board supersedes the current five-member elected board of Munice Community Schools, which is now limited to an advisory role.

The junk-rated city is eyeing a return to market without a state backstop, but there is no timeline.

Mayor Eric Papenfuse said he will declare a fiscal crisis for Pennsylvania's capital after state lawmakers would not let the city exit distressed status while keeping its special taxing authority.

The legislature OK'd a bonding framework for an $83 million baseball stadium in Pawtucket as the team weighs a move to Worcester, Massachusetts.

State lawmakers are in extra innings over a Pawtucket baseball stadium bond package as the team threatens a move.

Unbalanced contracts, layers of bureaucracy and weak contract management make New York transit projects expensive and time-consuming, according to Scott Rechler.

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.

The consent decree that New York City has signed with federal prosecutors over problems at the Housing Authority will not have a negative impact on the $89.15 billion Fiscal 2019 budget.

The new plan keeps property taxes flat and shows the city's continued progress in righting its fiscal ship, according to a state governing body.