Tom Kozlik of Hilltop Securities examines variables related to President Biden's first-stage rescue package, including market reaction, state-local aid and vaccine rollout. Paul Burton hosts; Recorded Jan. 27. (19 minutes).

The Pennsylvania governor can expect pushback from Republican lawmakers over budget-balancing plan aimed at higher wage earners.

Maria Doulis, named deputy comptroller, was vice president at the watchdog Citizens Budget Commission while Todd Scheuermann, assistant comptroller in the Division of Budget and Policy Analysis, had been secretary to Senate finance committee.

Fitch says Biden administration comments that it expects to maintain higher levels of Medicaid matching dollars through 2021 will help states.

A Pioneer Institute report cited “a persistent trend” of high-income earners leaving high-tax states for low-tax ones.

Lee Igel of New York University's Tisch Institute for Global Sport explores what's behind the mad scramble among states to legalize sports betting. Paul Burton hosts. (15 minutes)

Over half of the $4.3 billion rise in the $96.6 billion budget proposal is related to costs associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Rising state-supported debt and sidestepping best practices alarm the comptroller.

State tax collections are faring better than predicted early in the COVID-19 pandemic but uncertainties abound, says a University of Illinois task force fiscal report.

Gov. Tim Walz's proposed tax hikes to eliminate a budget gap and produce new revenue for his economic initiatives drew GOP backlash.