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…
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…
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…
Governor Robert Bentley on Thursday provided an end-of-the-year update on the Road to a Billion Dollars in Savings, the state’s long-term effort to identify greater…
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has put forward a new transportation goal for 2013, and that goal includes a challenge to legislators – find $500 million…
Some New Jersey lawmakers are getting tough on shared services. Senate President Stephen Sweeney (D-Gloucester) has passed a bill through the Senate that would allow…
While the Presidential election, rightly took up most of the coverage of last night’s election, further down the ticket states were voting on a variety…
A multi-country report released by global technology firm Accenture shows that aging populations coupled with increasing demand for government services such as welfare programs and…
Funding for the courts has dropped at all levels as budget constraints force harder and harder choices. However, cuts to judiciary funding raise troubling questions…
