Coronavirus

Per-pupil revenues and long-term debt spending are rising across the country

The IRS extension allowing TEFRA hearings to be completed over the phone through March 31, 2022, might well be extended even more, tax lawyers say.

A huge investment in technology dominates the MSRB's budget.

The Allegheny County Airport Authority sold $832.7 million of bonds to cover two-thirds of the construction costs in the latest example of the region's modernization.

Two hearings before the House Committee on Financial Services in the past week have been rife with criticism of Fed and Treasury responses to the pandemic.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's annual report reinfornced the transit authority's struggles that took hold during the pandemic.

Making the Federal Reserve's Municipal Liquidity Facility a permanent emergency lending program would be “valuable and forward thinking," Connecticut Treasurer Shawn Wooden told a House subcommittee.

New leaders could create a joint blueprint while sidestepping another fiscal cliff, said Peter Goldmark, a major player when the city nearly went bankrupt.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot wants to use $1.3 billion of the city's $1.9 billion in coronavirus relief aid to make up for lost revenues.

The commowealth is flush with cash but still managing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Convention centers and hotels suffered another steep drop in business revenue in 2021, a survey shows.

The pandemic is changing the game for performance management. It's time to evolve the financial services model.

While the city has a long history of coping with disasters including the Sept. 11 attacks, the COVID-19 pandemic is a work in progress.

The 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks comes as New York City is trying to emerge from a newer crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fitch analysts discussed the relationship between the soveriegn rating and state and local credits.

Despite two COVID-19 waves and a crippling winter freeze, Texas general revenue was up 6.2% for the year that ended Aug. 31.

On the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Howard Cure of Evercore Wealth Management and Andrew Rein of the Citizens Budget Commission share memories of that day, how New York managed the crisis and prospects today as the city looks to recover from the pandemic. Paul Burton hosts. (26 minutes)

The MSRB has announced an extension for municipal bond advisors seeking Series 54 certification, moving the compliance date from to Nov. 30, 2021, from Nov.12.

The New York City convention center's bonds are backed by hotel tax revenues that have been slow to recover from COVID-19.

In the first quarter of 2021, state personal income rose by 14.4%, the largest year-over-year increase since reporting began in 1948.