Politics

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.

A $2 billion reserve may spur debate over the need for a gas tax hike for transportation projects.

Americans place almost $150 billion in illegal sports bets annually, according to the American Gaming Association.

The commonwealth's rainy-day fund exceeds $2 billion for the first time in 11 years, state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said.

A Fitch Ratings looks at the credit implications of ideas pitched by Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority faces a plate of challenges as crowded as its trains at New York rush hour.

Site-selection expert John Boyd Jr. breaks down who won and lost in the Amazon "sweepstakes," the role of public incentives and the next wave of corporate relocation. Paul Burton hosts.

The soon-to-depart governor continues to fight Medicaid expansion despite plans by his replacement to immediately implement the program.

The Republican former state treasurer said he can help Louisiana residents better by remaining on “powerful committees” in Washington, D.C.

The University of Connecticut envisions a development partnership through a special-purpose entity to construct a hockey arena on its Storrs campus.

Insurance companies are eager to invest in infrastructure with the right policy support, a new white paper said.

Gov. Eric Holcomb's administration had been required to study the idea of more tolls under 2017 state legislation.

State lawmakers advanced a recreational cannabis legalization bill that moves the cash-strapped state closer to a new pot tax revenue stream.

A junk-rated $112 million deal without state backing will test the market's perceptions of the city's recovery from its Chapter 9 bankruptcy.

Mike Barlow and Cornelia Levy-Bencheton, authors of Smart Cities, Smart Future, discuss the impact of this global movement of technology and innovation for municipalities, on infrastructure and P3s and for municipal green bonds. Chip Barnett hosts.

State's fiscal outlook dependent on governor-elect Newsom's management style.

The state's backlog of unpaid bills could skyrocket to $23.7 billion without budget changes, said a new report from Gov. Bruce Rauner's administration.