State budgets

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.

New Jersey’s health benefit agreements with public sector unions mark an important step toward managing a growing expense, according to Moody’s.

Oklahoma's rapidly recovering economy and structural budget repairs led Moody's to boost its outlook from negative.

In an aging nation, Texas is showing the strongest demographic trends, according to S&P Global Ratings.

State officials have lost two rounds in a lawsuit that says California improperly diverted money intended for homeowners to make payments on housing bonds.

State Comptroller Susana Mendoza blames Gov. Bruce Rauner for the two-year budget impasse, which she called a "man-made calamity." Paul Burton and Chip Barnett host.

The threat of lower tax revenues after the IRS denied the SALT tax workaround isn’t the only worry.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says the state will save $497 million over two years.

New Illinois measures help without attacking the state's real budget problems, according to Moody's Investors Service.

Connecticut’s planned issue of credit revenue bonds is a “potentially terrible long-term solution,” says Municipal Market Analytics.

The Texas Public Finance Authority is laying the groundwork for revenue bonds to fund a Capitol mall and another office complex in Austin.

Tax revenue from gambling in August was up 24.5% year-over-year, according to a state report.

Incumbent Bill Walker, an independent, faces challenges from Democrat Mark Begich and Republican Mike Dunleavy.

Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo and Republican Cranston Mayor Allan Fung will duel in November's general election.