State budgets

A comprise $13B NH budget crafted this week that includes no tax increases.

The capital plan's unknowns include its effect on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's debt levels and rating agency perceptions.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, called the budgets approved by GOP lawmakers on Tuesday "a mess."

More than 1,000 Rhode Island jobs are riding on a proposed 20-year, $1 billion gambling contract extension, the governor said.

Moody's Investors Service changed its outlook to positive on the state's Aa3 general obligation rating after Louisiana estimated a $500 million surplus.

Michigan is more vulnerable because of its higher exposure to the auto manufacturer relative to other U.S. states, said Moody's Investors Service.

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham unveiled the free-tuition plan amid declining enrollment at the state's universities.

Questions from transit observers and advocates followed the announcement by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of its $51.5 billion capital program.

The state will encounter budget gaps in the following two years, according to a new long-range revenue forecast.

Two incentive programs expired on July 1, and Gov. Phil Murphy vetoed a bill to extend them unchanged.

Oklahoma’s economic expansion appears to be slowing, state Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

Unless Congress acts, there will be $1 billion in automatic cuts to transit grants and $7.6 billion in highway aid reductions.

A multiple-year recession and state leaders' failure to adequately address it led to the Fitch Ratings downgrade.

Gov. Gina Raimondo’s planned 20-year, $1 billion extension of a gambling technology contract with IGT sets off the state's latest bare-knuckle political fracas.

With its population and economy growing, Texas recorded record revenue in the fiscal year that ended Aug. 31, Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported.

California's Legislative Analyst's Office wants state lawmakers to have a framework to evaluate cash borrowing proposals.

State Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg discusses a proposed millionaire’s tax, transportation funding, pension liabilities, the long-stalled Gateway project and other topics impacting New Jersey’s financial future. Andrew Coen hosts.

China's recently announced suspension of U.S. agricultural imports escalated trade-related risks to U.S. agriculture, said Fitch Ratings.

The budget battle between Republican lawmakers and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer looks no closer to being resolved by the Oct. 1 deadline.

The state's net position worsened to negative $189.1 billion according to the CAFR, which arrived almost 14 months after fiscal 2018 ended.