State budgets

In the first two months of the fiscal year, Georgia saw state tax collections, which support the state general fund, increase by 12.4% year-over-year.

A new state revenue forecast could put a crimp in the governor's $4 billion emergency funding bond plan.

The Minnesota Management and Budget commissioner is moving to the University of Minnesota after a decade with the state, and his MMB predecessor replaces him.

The numbers were not as bad as first forecast, with sales tax revenues, which account for 59% of the budget, inching up.

The governor cited budget and social justice benefits from a measure to legalize cannabis, which officials say could bring in $600 million of new revenues.

The stop-and-go 2020 legislative session left some lawmakers feeling there is unfinished business in Sacramento.

The university and its health system are experiencing the biggest shortfalls ever, president Thomas Katsouleas told Connecticut lawmakers.

States are currently projecting revenue declines of 12% to as high as 40% in the current fiscal year.

Michigan now pegs its three year coronavirus-related revenue losses at $5 billion but cautions that much remains unknown heading into 2021.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy pitched a revised $32.4 billion nine-month 2021 fiscal year budget that hinges on billions of borrowing and newly enacted taxes to confront a coronavirus-induced revenue gap.

State economists project Florida will lose $5.4 billion of general revenues over the next two years, partly from reduced sales and lack of tourism.

Gilt-edged Georgia boosted the amount of its borrowing this year to support the state's economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic, state official say.

New York State’s revenue deficit deepened during the first three months of fiscal 2021, underlining how crucial federal funding is to help, according to Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

The state's highest court unanimously ruled that a law Gov. Phil Murphy spearheaded to authorize up to $9.9 billion of bonds is constitutional.

President Trump backtracked Sunday on his executive order that requires cash-strapped states to contribute $100 of a reduced $400 a week supplemental federal unemployment benefit.

The competitive sale is scheduled for Aug. 19 with Stifel Nicolaus as financial advisor.

Brown convened the special session for budget talks, but also anticipated talk on policy items, like police reform.

Republican opponents of New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposal to borrow up to $9.9 billion for offsetting COVID-19-related revenue losses argued before the state’s highest court Wednesday the state’s constitution and past legal precedent should prevent the plan from proceeding.

Illinois in the spring cut its fiscal 2020 and 2021 revenue estimates by more than $7 billion due to the pandemic.

Oklahoma returned to a positive trend in tax receipts in July, but Treasurer Randy McDaniel cautions that troublesome signs remain.