The agency's Disaster Recovery Fund has a sufficient balance for the near term but a funding lapse will translate into longer response times to local and state governments, FEMA's associate administrator warned.

The Senate voted to disallow Washington D.C.'s attempt to decouple its tax policy from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as the city's mayor charts more budget challenges in the near future.

Experts looking at the oncoming effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act predict that states may have to raise taxes on the wealthy or corporations to compensate for rising Medicaid costs.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker resurrected a 2024 pension proposal that would increase the state's funding goal to 100% by 2048.

By an overwhelming bipartisan majority, the House advanced affordable housing legislation that includes a proposal that's expected to spur mortgage revenue bond issuance.

The city of Olathe and the Unified Government of Wyandotte County-Kansas City, Kansas, signaled support for a state bond plan to move the team from Missouri.

Illinois' economy will underperform the Midwest and the U.S. over the next year, due largely to the effects of federal policies, according to an economic forecast.

State legislatures are taxing revenue generated by sports gambling, as an estimated $1.76 billion was wagered on the Super Bowl, with even more expected to change hands during the March Madness college basketball tournament.

New York City is in a challenging and defining time, and Mark Levine, a former City Council member and Manhattan borough president who will deliver a keynote address at The Bond Buyer's National Outlook event this Thursday, will play a key fiscal role.

A trio of current and former Alaska lawmakers presented views differing from the governor's on how to solve the state's budget red ink.

The era of "announcement" is over; the era of "execution" is here.

States have been slow to put the money to work.

A federal court decision enjoins the state from enforcing a 2021 law that penalizes investment banks and others for "boycotting" the fossil fuel industry.

In rural areas, "even modest rate increases can force low-income households to choose between water service and other basic necessities," Matt Odermann from the National Rural Water Association told senators Wednesday.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson, who has lobbied for a wealth tax, told lawmakers their draft proposal needs work.

Washington D.C. is trying to follow the lead of many states that have decoupled their tax policy from the provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, but Congress is signaling disapproval which would result in a budget shortage.

Native American Tribes are working from a disadvantage in bond sales due to Securities and Exchange Commission regulations that force them to register public market issuances, which raises costs.

Jeff Swiatek joins as CFO as the Texas toll road is looking to invest in the Austin-San Antonio corridor.

The push for a Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing loan comes as opponents call for a full review of the railway over concerns about oil spills.

The White House releases a report that leans into ending state income tax while tax experts question the math used to make the case.