State tax revenues

Thousands of voters want the constitutional amendment on the 2020 ballot while utilities and groups ask the Florida Supreme Court to strike it down.

Rainy day funds are vital to help states maintain fiscal flexibility and limit painful spending cuts or tax increases.

The state auditor raised questions about how the state controller reported California's OPEB liability in the report, which took 11 months to release.

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The number of states levying special annual registration fees on electric vehicles has risen by seven this year to 27 as governments seek new ways to fund transportation.

States collected more than $45.2 billion in motor fuel taxes in 2017, compared with $36.8 billion 10 years earlier, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

A surging population and a healthy economy kept local governments riding high in sales tax revenue for the first half of the year.

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.

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

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

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

The number of states aiding school districts with pension costs is expected to grow as pension burdens escalate.

The state collected $2.6 billion, a 9% increase over the same month of 2018, said State Comptroller Glenn Hegar.

All of the nation's top producing states can look for a smoother ride in 2019, S&P analysts say.

Personal income tax receipts came in 56.6% under the February forecast made in the governor's recent budget proposal.

Debate now begins in earnest on the governor's plan to change the state constitution to allow graduated income tax rates.

The state continues to set records for monthly sales tax collections, despite signs that oil production is facing uncertain demand.

The new governor included the fuel tax in his budget plan, which would spend $83.4 billion over the next two-year budget cycle.

Minnesota's latest revenue forecast still projects a $1 billion surplus.

Note issuance declined in 2018 as a result of tax reform, rate fears, and ongoing fiscal austerity sparked by state and local revenue growth.