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

Court decisions are highlighting the complexity of controlling how states spend money allocated them by federal law.

Public sector employment remains low despite the influx of federal aid, and governments dangling high wages and benefits could face long-term credit challenges, panelists said at Brookings Municipal Finance Conference.

Republicans contend the $1.9 trillion injection of cash sparked inflation while Democrats say it saved lives and a collapsing economy.

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.

The finance director of Aurora, Colorado, takes over as the association's president amid an uncertain post-pandemic landscape.

Bryant spent much time working to empower finance departments trying to pull their respective states, cities and localities out of the pitfalls caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

An April COVID hospitalization surge, along with a continuing labor shortage and inflationary and supply chain costs, hurt hospitals' bottom line.

The December 2020 supplemental aid package provided $9.8 billion directly to state departments of transportation, the only direct stimulus that DOTs received.

The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority's hotel taxes are on the rebound but Chicago is on the hook for a $28 million debt service gap this year.

The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority will take higher ratings linked to the state's recent upgrades when it returns to the market to refinance debt.

A third of states lost population in 2021, a trend that is likely to continue and one that will have significant impact on the way in which state finance officials operate in the years to come.

The recovery is expected to continue this year and into next as the tourism industry looks to surpass 2019’s record-setting year.

State and local governments are flush with cash and well-positioned to embrace the coming storm, experts say.

Underperforming public golf courses are an opportunity for localities to privatize, a new report says.

Oregon Treasurer Tobias Read called off a lottery bond sale planned in 2020 after lottery revenues cratered because of pandemic-related business closures.

S&P revised the outlook on Miami Beach to stable from negative and affirmed the AA-minus rating on the city’s resort tax revenue bonds.

The public agency that owns and operates Chicago's convention center says operating revenues and tax collections are doing better than forecast in the fiscal 2022 budget but lag pre-pandemic levels.

The $10 billion bill taps five buckets of ARPA funds, including $877 million allocated for local governments.

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.