Federal Reserve officials were less united at their June meeting than their unanimous decision suggested, as some favored interest-rate increases but went along with the move to leave policy unchanged.

The $54.3 billion spending plan for fiscal 2024 is $5.4 billion larger than last year's and $1.2 billion more than the proposal Gov. Phil Murphy pitched in February. It features tax-relief programs and tax code changes.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza will highlight the state's progress on key fiscal metrics during upcoming meetings with the rating agencies and has updated the fiscal 2023 interim audit as the full audited results have not yet been published.

The $107 billion adopted budget for fiscal 2024 maintains a near-record $8 billion in total reserves but doesn't increase them.

States are putting billions of dollars of federal broadband funding to work, with more on the way.

The bank would be modeled in part on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation created during the Great Depression, said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill.

The Board of Education approved a fiscal 2024 budget amid warnings about the need for more state help to manage a gap of up to $700 million in fiscal 2026.

San Diego city leaders are in the early days of assembling a P3 that could transform six city blocks with fresh space for city workers and affordable housing.

With no agreement on how to structure a historic property tax cut, Gov. Greg Abbott ordered state lawmakers back for a second special session.

U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain ordered the Oversight Board propose a new plan of adjustment by July 14.