State budgets

Illinois' five state pension funds certified preliminary 2020 contributions may change, depending the results of planned buyout offers.

Democrats control the state legislature, changing the calculus for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who will begin his third term.

California tax revenues missed projections by $412.2 million, marking the first time in months that the state has fallen short.

J.B. Pritzker coasted to victory without offering much detail about how he plans to solve the state's fiscal problems.

J.B. Pritzker tapped budget watchdogs and Chicago's fiscal chief for the budget transition committee.

West Haven credit quality hinges on plan execution, S&P says

The results stand to influence the municipal market through capital planning and budget actions with potential impacts on ratings and borrowing levels.

Voters in three states approved Medicaid expansion, highlighting dozens of ballot measures around the country that will impact budgets and credit.

Sales tax growth in Texas grew 7.3% year-over-year to an October record of $2.6 billion, the state's comptroller said.

States have reversed deterioration found last May.

The state's largest retirement fund is advancing the planned buyouts as its unfunded liabilities continue to increase.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Vermont to Aa1, and downgraded other credits that are notched off the state's bond rating.

A new law takes effect Nov. 1 to allow New Jersey to collect sales tax on products shipped from out of state in the wake of the Supreme Court's Wayfair ruling.

California revenues were $1.03 billion ahead of estimates in the first quarter of the fiscal year, according to the state's Department of Finance.

Proposition 4 would authorize $1.5 billion in state GO bonds for 13 childrens' hospitals around the state, eight of them private nonprofits.

An initiative that would create a separate property tax assessment system for non-residential properties qualified for the 2020 ballot.

Democrat Gretchen Whitmer and Republican Bill Schuette are running for the open seat of Michigan governor.

The state pulled in $28.7 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2019, according to the State Controller's Office.

The three states are in the bottom of a ranking of state fiscal conditions by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Opponents say passage of Amendment 5 in November would threaten Florida’s ability to fund state priorities and its triple-A ratings.