National
Gates Foundation updates higher ed priorities
Politico - 9/22/2016
States file legal challenge to Obama administration overtime pay rule
Reuters - 9/20/2016
Overworked and Underfunded, Public Defenders See Some Light
Governing.com - 9/20/2016
Opioid epidemic encourages states to open recovery high schools
Washington Post - 9/19/2016
Gilead-Backed Advocates Pressuring States to Cover Pricey Pills
Bloomberg.com - 9/19/2016
Drugmakers Fought State Opioid Limits Amid Crisis
ABC News - 9/18/2016
'Pay-for-Performance' Aims to Save Money on High Drug Prices
Pew Trusts - StateLine.org - 9/16/2016
The Week in Public Finance: Pensionomics, Hidden Bank Loans and Private Equity Fees
Governing.com - 9/16/2016
Alabama
Three groups hope to be first to start Alabama charter schools
Birmingham News - 9/19/2016
New authority hopes to sell BP-backed bonds in two months
AL.com - 9/19/2016
Alaska
Alaska Permanent Fund board rejects idea of investing in oil-tax credits
Alaska Dispatch News - 9/22/2016
Officials discuss states prison, substance abuse issues
Fairbanks News-Miner - 9/21/2016
Tribal leaders to meet with feds in push against drug abuse
Juneau Empire - 9/21/2016
Alaska Gov. Walkers administration resurrects plan to borrow for pension shortfall
Alaska Dispatch News - 9/20/2016
Senators file lawsuit over Walker's PFD veto
Juneau Empire - 9/18/2016
Arizona
Adoption aid to Zika: Arizona state agencies seek millions for projects
Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix - 9/18/2016
Ducey: Why Arizona needs more college grads
Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix - 9/17/2016
Ducey's goal: 60% of Arizonans with higher degrees by 2030
Tucson Arizona Daily Star - 9/17/2016
California
UC campuses scramble to make room for thousands more new California students
Los Angeles Times - 9/22/2016
Cal State wants to double its graduation rate in 10 years
Los Angeles Times - 9/20/2016
How a pension deal went wrong and cost California taxpayers billions
Los Angeles Times - 9/18/2016
Colorado
Colorado state budget faces shortfall amid “subdued” economic growth
Denver Post - 9/20/2016
ACLU sues Colorado Medicaid over denial of treatment for thousands of hep C patients
Denver Post - 9/20/2016
Three years after the great floods of 2013, much work remains to be done in Colorado
Boulder Daily Camera - 9/18/2016
Connecticut
Malloy: Sikorsky deal a no-brainer for Connecticut
New Haven Register - 9/21/2016
Connecticut Supreme Court to review landmark school ruling
Danbury News-Times - 9/20/2016
State Says Hartford Can't Get Reimbursement A Month Early; City Anticipating Year-End Bind
Hartford Courant - 9/20/2016
Wall Street ratings firm: Connecticut education ruling good for troubled cities
New Haven Register - 9/19/2016
Delaware
Delaware budget lawmakers face $167M less to spend
Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online) - 9/19/2016
Growing school districts can strain budgets
Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online) - 9/19/2016
Delaware seeks compromise in anti-money laundering fight
Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online) - 9/16/2016
Florida
Scott asks Obama for disaster relief
Tallahassee Democrat & Tallahassee.com - 9/20/2016
As Florida's crime rate drops, Rick Scott says anti-terrorism costs will rise
Tampa Bay Times and Tampa Bay.com - 9/20/2016
Florida universities want more money for mental health counseling
Palm Beach Post - 9/19/2016
Gov. Rick Scott authorizes $10M more to fight Zika virus
Tampa Bay Times and Tampa Bay.com - 9/17/2016
Georgia
Equity in funding public schools still eludes policymakers
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 9/18/2016
Hawaii
State receives higher bond ratings
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - 9/19/2016
Hawaiian lawmakers promise reform for confined fishermen
KHNL/KGMB-TV Hawaii News Now - 9/19/2016
State considers axing gas tax in favor of mileage-based fee
KHNL/KGMB-TV Hawaii News Now - 9/17/2016
Hawaii gets $3.8M to protect threatened, endangered species
KHNL/KGMB-TV Hawaii News Now - 9/16/2016
Idaho
Painkiller industry is big part of Idaho medicine, politics
Boise Idaho Statesman - 9/20/2016
Report: Idaho has low teacher pay, good work conditions
Twin Falls Times-News - 9/18/2016
Illinois
Taxpayers, students bridge funding gap for suburban community colleges
Illinois Daily Herald - 9/21/2016
Rauner wants state jobs review, just not federal court's
Illinois Daily Herald - 9/20/2016
Lawmakers see positive signs in latest school funding reform panel
Springfield State Journal-Register - 9/18/2016
Rauner hints at vetoing Emanuels latest pension funding plan
Chicago Sun-Times - 9/16/2016
Indiana
Indiana trail project to receive more than $1M in funding
Northwest Indiana Times (nwi.com) - 9/16/2016
Iowa
Iowa sees positive trends, but slow progress in improving water quality
Sioux City Journal - 9/21/2016
Branstad: New overtime rule would cost Iowa government, universities $19 million
Des Moines Register - 9/20/2016
Two-tiered college tuition concerns Branstad
Sioux City Journal - 9/20/2016
Iowa State proposing tuition changes, new fundraising campaign
Des Moines Register - 9/16/2016
Kansas
Court focuses on struggling students in school funding arguments
Wichita Eagle & Kansas.com - 9/22/2016
Kansas faces another budget gap, memo says
Wichita Eagle & Kansas.com - 9/22/2016
Report shows drop in 2016 state school funding
Wichita Eagle & Kansas.com - 9/22/2016
Kansas expected to end fiscal year with $5 million, assuming no revenue misses
Topeka Capital-Journal - 9/21/2016
Kansas has spent $2 million battling Medicaid application backlog
Topeka Capital-Journal - 9/21/2016
Gov. Sam Brownback urges state fair to generate own funds
Topeka Capital-Journal - 9/16/2016
Kentucky
Bevin’s mid-year cuts to universities were illegal, Kentucky Supreme Court says
Lexington Herald-Leader - 9/22/2016
Bevin joins lawsuit over US overtime rules
Louisville Courier-Journal - 9/21/2016
Kentucky’s high-speed internet project should be done by mid-2019, Bevin says
Lexington Herald-Leader - 9/16/2016
Bevin and Beshear tangle over U of L board overhaul and its impact on accreditation
Lexington Herald-Leader - 9/16/2016
Louisiana
University Medical Center reaches new partnership agreement with state
New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com - 9/22/2016
Louisiana Flood of 2016 will cost state at least $81 million, probably more
New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com - 9/18/2016
Louisiana to borrow $300M to $400M with short-term loan
New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com - 9/16/2016
Maine
UMaine System to ask state for 14 percent more funding
Central Maine - 9/19/2016
Maine reopens applications for schools wanting state to fund construction project
Bangor Daily News - 9/16/2016
Maryland
Maryland cuts revenue projections $800 million
Baltimore Sun - 9/21/2016
Massachusetts
Rate of uninsured in Mass. reaches all-time low
Boston Globe and Boston.com - 9/17/2016
Michigan
Snyder signs landmark medical pot reforms
Detroit News - 9/21/2016
Dan Gilbert-backed tax capture bills have Gov. Snyder concerned
Mlive.com - 9/20/2016
No statewide proposals make Michigan ballot
Detroit News - 9/17/2016
Pot tax could generate up to $64M a year
Detroit News - 9/16/2016
Minnesota
Committees disagree over proposed change to MNsure funding
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Twin Cities.com - 9/21/2016
Leaders want tuition freeze for Minnesota State colleges, universities
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Twin Cities.com - 9/20/2016
Mississippi
Casino revenue rises on the Coast, sinks on the river
The Sun Herald - 9/21/2016
State says it will seek other uses for just-closed prison
The Sun Herald - 9/20/2016
USM to cut nonresident tuition in bid to boost enrollment
The Sun Herald - 9/17/2016
After-school programs scaled back amid reduced funding
Hattiesburg American - 9/16/2016
Will Miss. lawmakers follow Alabamas BP template?
Hattiesburg American - 9/16/2016
Missouri
Missouri House Ag Committee Chair disagrees with Governor Nixon on ag disaster bill impact
Missouri Net - 9/22/2016
Missouri Supreme Court rules tobacco tax hike proposal should remain on the ballot
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 9/20/2016
Nixon: Missouri in good financial shape, despite latest budget restrictions
Missouri Net - 9/17/2016
Lawmakers enact tax breaks; Nixon slashes spending on schools, roads
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 9/16/2016
Montana
Governor: Shoring up state's infrastructure job one for 2017 Legislature
Billings Gazette - 9/22/2016
Governor orders CFS to move forward with changes
Great Falls Tribune - 9/19/2016
Public preschool to expand in more Montana communities under federal grant
Billings Gazette - 9/17/2016
Nebraska
Study finds rise in Nebraska marijuana busts. Is Colorado to blame?
Omaha World-Herald - 9/21/2016
Ricketts hails new county bridge initiative
Lincoln Journal Star - 9/21/2016
Prisons director asks to add more than 160 new positions, build $75 million facility in budget proposal
Omaha World-Herald - 9/16/2016
Nevada
Sandoval announces he will call special session to consider Las Vegas stadium project
Las Vegas Review-Journal - 9/21/2016
New Hampshire
Number of New Hampshire retirees to more than double by 2040, report says
Concord Monitor - 9/20/2016
Legislators: Welfare-to-work initiative a no-go this year
Manchester Union Leader - 9/16/2016
New Jersey
Christie unfreezes $33M in spending he tied to N.J. public worker health care cuts
Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com - 9/20/2016
N.J. getting $8M for winter storm's snow-removal costs
Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com - 9/16/2016
Christie asks Supreme Court to stop Abbott funding
Press of Atlantic City - 9/16/2016
New Mexico
Insurance chief: State tax collection struggle goes back years
Santa Fe New Mexican - 9/22/2016
UNM staff hiring freeze to last at least six months
ABQJournal Online - 9/21/2016
Higher ed secretary outlines challenges for state's colleges
ABQJournal Online - 9/21/2016
State auditor adds pressure for Gov. Martinez to call special session
Santa Fe New Mexican - 9/20/2016
Judiciary asks for more money amid state budget crunch
Santa Fe New Mexican - 9/19/2016
Budget year off to a rough start for cities across NM
ABQJournal Online - 9/16/2016
New York
State funding isn't to blame for education deficits in small city schools, judge rules
Syracuse Post-Standard & Syracuse.com - 9/20/2016
Report: State pensions funding solid
Albany Times-Union - 9/16/2016
North Carolina
Judges dismiss school district lawsuits against NC state retirement system
Raleigh News & Observer - 9/17/2016
North Dakota
North Dakota Emergency Services gets $6 million line of credit for protest response
Bismarck Tribune - 9/22/2016
ND universities could shed almost 500 jobs
Grand Forks Herald - 9/20/2016
Delegation, governor call for federal law enforcement resources
Bismarck Tribune - 9/17/2016
Ohio
More Ohio kids in foster care amid opioid epidemic
Toledo Blade - 9/20/2016
More than 52,000 Ohio high school students took college classes for free last year
Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com - 9/20/2016
Oklahoma
OK attorney general throws weight behind asset forfeiture reform
NewsOK.com - 9/21/2016
Oregon
'This is becoming a moral issue': Officials face truth behind Oregon's soaring pension...
Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com - 9/21/2016
Report: Oregon most attractive state for teachers
Salem Statesman-Journal - 9/17/2016
Pennsylvania
State universities' faculty rejects conditions tied to $159 million salary offer, strike...
Pennlive.com - 9/21/2016
Gambling, opioids, driverless vehicles on agenda for state Legislature
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 9/20/2016
Penn State seeks 11 percent state funding increase that would freeze undergrad tuition
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 9/16/2016
Rhode Island
Rhode Island among 5 states to limit opioids in 2016
Providence Journal - 9/18/2016
Cost of probe and legal fight: $9.6M
Providence Journal - 9/17/2016
South Carolina
6,000 more SC students could get lottery scholarships
The State - 9/21/2016
SC bracing for cost of aging population
The State - 9/19/2016
Gov. Nikki Haley calls for greater agency transparency amid tighter fiscal constraints
Charleston Post & Courier - 9/19/2016
Haley asks SC agencies why they dont use all their money
The State - 9/19/2016
South Dakota
State awarded $215,000 opioid abuse grant
Capital Journal (Pierre) - 9/21/2016
Tennessee
Gov. Haslam: Tennessee 'historically' hasn't spent enough on education
Chattanooga Times Free Press - 9/20/2016
Report unclear on Tenn. charter schools' funding
Memphis Commercial Appeal - 9/20/2016
Unlikely coalition tackles criminal justice reform in Tennessee
Nashville Tennessean - 9/20/2016
UT to ask state for nearly $100M for building, PhD program
Knoxville News-Sentinel - 9/19/2016
Texas
Lawmakers tackle looming $1.3 billion Medicaid shortfall
My San Antonio.com - 9/21/2016
Abbott: Texas Shouldn't Emulate "No Longer Relevant" Companies Like Kodak
Texas Tribune - 9/19/2016
Utah
Potential expansion already a question as new prison moves forward
Salt Lake City Deseret Morning News - 9/20/2016
Vermont
Airbnb to collect Vermont tax
Burlington Free Press - 9/17/2016
Virginia
Port officials, buoyed by state's $350 million aid, see bright future, some rough water
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com - 9/22/2016
Memo: State police leaving for other agencies because of poor pay
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com - 9/20/2016
Inequities in Virginia employee pay worry lawmakers
Roanoke Times - 9/16/2016
Washington
Washington considers hunting, fishing fee increase amid resistance and questions
Spokane Spokesman-Review - 9/21/2016
Washington revenue forecase shows slight increase
Spokane Spokesman-Review - 9/21/2016
West Virginia
Tomblin signs flood relief bill
Charleston Gazette - 9/20/2016
If Turnpike tolls to be removed, planning must start now, lawmakers told
Charleston Daily Mail - 9/20/2016
WV lawmakers eye public assistance programs for cuts
Charleston Daily Mail - 9/19/2016
WV saves money on inmates with Medicaid
Charleston Gazette - 9/19/2016
WV Forestry layoffs spark change in fall foliage reports
Charleston Daily Mail - 9/16/2016
Wisconsin
Single license plate, county-paid parole under ideas for state budget cuts
Lacrosse Tribune - 9/22/2016
Assembly Republicans to offer alternative to Scott Walker's plan for road funding
Lacrosse Tribune - 9/22/2016
Corrections wants millions to bolster youth prison staff
Lacrosse Tribune - 9/17/2016
A quick look at 2017-19 budget requests from Wisconsin state agencies
Madison.com-Wisconsin State Journal-Capital Times - 9/17/2016
State health officials want $425m more for Medicaid
WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison - 9/16/2016
Wyoming
WYDOT budget stable for fiscal year 2017
Casper Star-Tribune - 9/22/2016
Districts tell lawmakers to consider revenue increases instead of budget cuts alone
Casper Star-Tribune - 9/21/2016
UW president talks cuts in first state of university address
Casper Star-Tribune - 9/16/2016