State budgets

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ proposed fiscal 2022-2023 budget is down 1.8% from the previous adopted budget amid generous federal coronavirus relief funding.

A group of leading automakers want the feds to require states to invest in the fastest EV chargers available.

Gov. Ned Lamont appointed the Bloomfield woman, a former general counsel in that office.

The National Association of Counties, which has been a chief supporter of the measure, said it would renew its push in the new year.

Rosier revenue projections will allow Minnesota to pump up its rainy day fund to pre-pandemic levels while still leaving a $7.7 billion surplus.

States, on the front lines of implementing the new $1.1 trillion infrastructure program, want clear, flexible federal rules and the ability to tap private investment.

COVID-19 stimulus and related infrastructure spending are causing state expenditures to reach a 35-year high, according to NASBO’s 2019-2021 State Expenditure Report.

The state has an estimated $31 billion budget surplus to work with as the governor preps this fall for his January budget reveal, the Legislative Analyst’s Office said.

State economies are generally stronger than anticipated in the first half of 2021.

Turnout was less than 14% during Saturday's voting where only one constitutional amendment out of four was approved.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s narrow re-election win and Senate President Steve Sweeney’s stunning loss to an unknown resonate well beyond the Garden State.

The state's fiscal 2022 update and five-year forecast offers a brighter near- and mid-term budget picture thanks to federal relief and strong revenues.

A study by the Reason Foundation attempts to solve the problem of paying both tolls and fuel taxes on the same highway and offers a blueprint for how states can allocate toll revenue.

If commuters continue to work from home more often than in the office, their normal spending patterns on things like coffee and lunch will shift and impact business districts, neighborhoods and ultimately tax revenues.

Wisconsin reported healthier-than-expected fiscal 2021 results that should benefit a new money deal planned for next month.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's finance team laid out plans to tap more than half of $9 billion of existing and proposed borrowing authority through 2022 to refinance debt for savings and fund infrastructure and pandemic recovery efforts.

Even with a balanced fiscal 2022 budget in place, Michigan still has billions in federal aid and additional state funds to spend at a later date.

With a record $3 billion going to education, Oklahoma is facing stricter accounting in the wake of charter school funding abuses.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott shifted more taxpayer money toward a border wall and called for redistricting state legislative and congressional districts in a third special session.

Fitch analysts discussed the relationship between the soveriegn rating and state and local credits.