William Glasgall of the Volcker Alliance dives deep into factors affecting state and local budgets. He looks at what the Inflation Reduction Act means, how states are using stimulus money and economic effects of work from home. Caitlin Devitt hosts. (31 minutes)

New Jersey and Illinois have the lowest state bond ratings. But all three states have been ramping up pension contributions, according to S&P Global Ratings.

The future outlook now is much more fragile, the Citizens Budget Commission said.

Monetary policy has a more significant impact on spending of U.S. households headed by white women than on those led by white men or Black men and women, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco said.

S&P Global Ratings says that without funding reform, New Jersey's pension system may continue to negatively impact the state's credit outlook for decades.

The Spotlight Dealer Diversity Program, an initiative to highlight firms owned by women, veterans, people with disabilities and individuals of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, aims to promote them in Tradeweb’s platforms.

Democratic senators led by Bob Menendez urged the Federal Reserve to take a more active role in the selection process of the heads of its regional banks so that more diverse candidates would be considered.

The acquisition of Cancer Treatment Centers of America in February was cited for the downgrade along with City of Hope's financial weakness over the past two years.

Hiring qualified candidates for many positions within state and local governments has reached its worst period in 50 years, panelists at the 116th annual GFOA conference said on Sunday.

While the path back to pre-pandemic office life remains uncertain, a protracted remote work reality may be a harbinger for future credit rating downgrades of cities heavily dependent on commuter-driven revenues.

John Boyd, principal at The Boyd Company, chats with Chip Barnett about how the COVID-19 pandemic and hybrid work has altered the way companies look at cities and states when they think about locations for their headquarters. (20 minutes)

ProMedica's senior living division has suffered deep pandemic-related fiscal wounds while its hospitals' recovery was set back by the Omicron variant.

Oregon State Hospital's Junction City campus has three months to correct problems after an investigation revealed lax supervision.

Mayor Jorge Elorza said the reworked bond proposal was better than the larger one put before the state Legislature last year.

High gas prices usually have the biggest effect on leisure travel because drivers take fewer or shorter trips, Fitch Ratings says.

Most state departments and authorities would be required to offer a telework program of up to two days a week for one year starting July 1.

Panelists discuss the implications of working from home in a hybrid manner, rising crime and falling mass transit ridership, vulnerable revenue sources and the lack of affordable housing at a New York Fed event.

In conversation with Patti Cook, CEO of Finance of America Companies

The 20% rise is higher than the city’s forecast of a 15.7% gain and this may help the Big Apple see better-than-expected income tax revenue.

Moving beyond its goals for the ownership makeup of a deal team, Wisconsin pushed for diversity among the lead contacts working on a recent transaction.