The US Treasury Department announced yesterday evening that it will stop the sale of state and local securities or “slugs.” The securities are used by…
States have led the way in the domestic energy revolution, but the recovery may well be less helpful than Americans would have hoped for, according to…
President Obama released his budget proposal today, and while some details are still forthcoming one item is critical to state and local governments. The budget…
A national survey of city officials released today shows that despite improvement in many economic health indicators, cities around the country report their economies have…
Gov. Cuomo has passed critical budget bills that include a $5.4 million allocation to the brand new Rural and Urban Community Investment Fund. This Fund…
According to the U.S. Dept. of Treasury, the IRS collects $2.4 trillion dollars each tax year from an estimated 234 million tax returns. If the…
As CivSource reported earlier this month, the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), The National League of Cities (NLC), and the National Association of Counties (NACo)…
Local elected officials, business leaders and workforce investment boards sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi,…
Mayors and state officials are coming out hard against a proposal to change the tax exempt status of municipal bonds. The U.S. Conference of Mayors…
BigIT is making another sizable investment in New York State nanotechnology – women and minority owned nanotechnology businesses will now have support from a private…
