Wisconsin's governor-elect named Brian Pahnke budget director, Joel Brennan to head the Department of Administration, and Craig Thompson to lead transportation.

Ned Lamont will grapple with fiscal strains, a tolling controversy, struggling cities and underfunded pensions.

The Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission says its blueprint could save the commonwealth roughly $10 billion over 30 years.

Myron Frans will remain the state's top fiscal officer under Gov.-elect Tim Walz.

Michigan governor elect Gretchen Whitmer takes over the governor's office from term-limited Republican Rick Snyder on Jan. 1.

Illinois Gov.-elect J.B. Pritkzer is tapping experienced fiscal hands for top positions in his administration.

The spending plan uses money generated by a new online sales tax and funds unspent by state agencies.

Detroit Public Schools Community District may opt to get its own bond rating or seek private funding if it can’t get help from the state.

As airports across the country grow — including those in metro Atlanta — they are increasingly looking toward a new engine to drive the growth — private investment.

The Legislature ended a special session after members concluded that there wasn’t time to overhaul the state’s underfunded pension systems.

It remains unknown if Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis will continue Rick Scott’s practice of limiting new bond issuance.

The state’s revenue forecast for the next two years shows increases of $442.8 million in fiscal 2020 and $386 million in fiscal 2021.

The delay in Washington means state and local budget planners lack critical federal inputs until early next year.

Revenues have exceeded expectations for both the month and the fiscal year.

A state economist reviewed a litany of problems lawmakers will face developing the state budget.

Budget officers in another 14 states have reported early fiscal 2019 revenues running within a half percentage of projections with only five telling the National Association of States Budget Officers they were collecting less than projected.

Pension and other retirement benefits still pose a stiff challenge, the organization said in its annual report card on the states.

“We have starved our state of a fundamental economic investment and job creator,” said Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker will inherit $133.7 billion of unfunded pension liabilities, according to a nonpartisan state commission.

Four states will become the latest to require out-of-state e-commerce retailers to collect sales tax on Jan. 1 while 10 others aren’t expected to do so until later in 2019.