State budgets

At stake is an estimated $880 billion in annual federal funding from 300 programs that use census data to distribute funds.

Capital Markets Director Kelly Hutchinson has returned to private sector after more than three years managing state debt issuance.

The measure, backed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, cleared the House Revenue and Finance Committee on a party-line vote.

Moody’s Investors Service named New Jersey and Illinois as the two states least prepared for a recession.

The 10 most populous U.S. states that levy income taxes all saw April revenue spikes, in many cases after missing projections in the previous months.

Cris Johnston will replace Micah Vincent, who is leaving the position for the private sector.

Texas lawmakers are taking unprecedented steps to limit local control of government, advocates for cities and counties say.

The federation endorsed the plan only after Gov. J.B. Pritzker dropped plans for a partial pension funding holiday.

For the fiscal year, the state's total revenue collections are ahead 6.2% over the same period last year.

It is budget-balancing time across the land and, as is typical, New Jersey has unique challenges.

Soaring April tax collections have positioned New Jersey for its first rainy day fund deposit since 2008.

Illinois bonds are gaining ground in the secondary, supported by scant supply and recent fiscal developments viewed positively by investors and analysts.

New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney says the state needs to overhaul pension and health benefits to rebuild its ratings.

California's April revenues came in $4 billion higher than anticipated.

Although first-term Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly failed to win expansion of Medicaid coverag, she praised GOP lawmakers for beginning to clean up "a mess."

Reports of overtime abuse, a call for a prosecutor and strained labor relations, intermingled with a fiscal crisis, produced an explosive board meeting.

Lawmakers have to wait another week for the governor's five-year infrastructure plan.

Detroit Public Schools Community District has substantial capital needs but its ability to fund them is constrained.

The Pritzker administration says it can now afford to make the full originally scheduled pension contribution without re-amortizing the funding timetable.

The New Jersey governor is using an unexpected tax collection surge to boost his push to hike income tax rates for the highest earners.