Budgets

Solvency for the beleaguered unit is a tall order for the new H+H chief, given myriad challenges from within and afar.

As the New York City Housing Authority crisis festers, streamlined project delivery could help speed up emergency repairs and fund other capital needs.

With a new funding formula and budget in place, Illinois' latest review of school finances has fewer dire warnings then last year's.

Moody's assigned a negative outlook to Guam's issuer rating and Guam Waterworks Authority bonds.

Fitch Ratings did cite federal funding uncertainties and potential unbudgeted expenditures for liability claims as concerns.

The federal government ran a $215.2 billion deficit in February, the Treasury Department reported Monday.

Gary is trying to reduce the $8.4 million it owes to the IRS for a tax liability created when it failed to remit taxes withheld from employee paychecks.

The delay will mean reductions to services and may lead to job cuts at the start of the 2018-19 school year.

Council Speaker Corey Johnson spelled out several conditions for such an increase to MTA Chairman Joe Lhota.

The declaration could expedite contracting for repairs at NYCHA units through limited city use of design-build project delivery.

The state of the public school district is vital to encourage young families to move back into the city, he said.

While Gov. Dannel Malloy and lawmakers study recommendations from a state panel, Nuveen warned that the state’s bond rating could plummet further.

As the New York City Council held its first hearing on Mayor de Blasio’s $88.67 billion preliminary budget, "Washington" and "Albany" loomed over the proceedings.

Enrollment pressures are manageable while pension costs should stabilize long-term, Fitch Ratings said.

Michigan's cumbersome process to enact local option taxes still offers cities a revenue option, a report says.

Howard Cure of Evercore and Maria Doulis of the Citizens Budget Commission parse the $88.7 billion preliminary budget, the Washington and Albany effects and problem units Health + Hospitals and NYCHA. Paul Burton hosts.

Guam’s long- and short-term debt was placed on negative credit watch by S&P Global Ratings.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney’s budget accounts for lower beverage tax projections by borrowing less for planned infrastructure projects.

Pittsburgh, whose bonds were junk in 2003, has become a national model for urban rejuvenation.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney wants new tax revenue to help the city’s cash-strapped school district erase a massive deficit.