Budget Blog

Week of October 17, 2016 - Press Clips

By Brian Sigritz posted 10-20-2016 09:08 PM

  

National

These states are spending less on education now than before the Great Recession

Washington Post - 10/20/2016

U.S. municipal debt sales to surge to $15.9 bln next week

Reuters - 10/14/2016

States Increase Cost Controls to Manage Medicaid Growth

Governing.com - 10/14/2016

Diverse Medicaid Rules Hurt in Fighting Addiction

Pew Trusts - StateLine.org - 10/14/2016

The Week in Public Finance: New Jersey's Tax Plan, Online Lending Myths and Cities' Recovery

Governing.com - 10/14/2016

NLC Report: City Finances Appear to Be Getting Stronger

Route Fifty - 10/13/2016

Alabama

Coastal Alabama beach clean-up program comes with a high costs, but no new taxes “ for...

Birmingham News - 10/20/2016

Education tax revenues fall slightly short of expectations

AL.com - 10/18/2016

Alabama lawmakers meeting new superintendent, preparing for next budget

AL.com - 10/17/2016

Alaska

New UAA research shows impact of PFD on poverty rates in Alaska

Alaska Dispatch News - 10/20/2016

As university budget shrinks, UAA athletics braces for grueling cuts

Alaska Dispatch News - 10/16/2016

State proceeds with pension bond plan despite credit warning

Fairbanks News-Miner - 10/14/2016

Arizona

Ducey administration increases number of firings

Tucson Arizona Daily Star - 10/18/2016

Arizona forms game plan for federal education law

Tucson Arizona Daily Star - 10/16/2016

California

Court ruling limits storefront charter schools

San Diego Union-Tribune - 10/18/2016

November ballot crowded with weighty measures

San Francisco Chronicle (SFGate.com) - 10/15/2016

Colorado

Colorado pot shops sold a record-breaking amount of marijuana in August 2016

Denver Post - 10/14/2016

Where would the millions go if Colorado voters approve tobacco tax hike?

Denver Post - 10/14/2016

Connecticut

Malloy Calls Crumbling Concrete Foundations A Natural Disaster, Asks FEMA For Help

Hartford Courant - 10/19/2016

GOP Lawmakers Call For Budget Hearing To Clarify State Budget Deficit

Hartford Courant - 10/17/2016

Tribe To Connecticut: You Owe Us $610M For Taking Our Land

CT News Junkie - 10/14/2016

Casinos' slot-machine winnings were up in September

New London Day - 10/14/2016

Nonpartisan budget analysts peg Connecticuts deficit at $77.9M

New Haven Register - 10/13/2016

Delaware

Delaware foster kids prescribed drugs at higher

Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online) - 10/14/2016

Florida

Florida's university system looks to boost online classes

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel & SouthFlorida.com - 10/18/2016

Projects announced for first phase of Florida-wide trail system

Palm Beach Post - 10/14/2016

Hawaii

Students rally for after school programs

KHNL/KGMB-TV Hawaii News Now - 10/20/2016

Illinois

Rauner talks budget impasse, education funding

Illinois Daily Herald - 10/18/2016

Illinois unions, road builders pushing transportation lockbox amendment

Chicago Tribune - 10/17/2016

Iowa

Iowa officials unsure of costs of full flood protection

Sioux City Journal - 10/17/2016

Experts downgrade state revenue growth estimates

Quad-City Times - 10/14/2016

Farm slowdown pushes Iowa tax revenue $49.3 million lower

Des Moines Register - 10/13/2016

Kansas

Raising taxes would hurt rural Kansas, Brownback warns

Wichita Eagle & Kansas.com - 10/18/2016

Kansas politicos agree revenue forecasts are off, but diverge on solutions

Topeka Capital-Journal - 10/16/2016

Kentucky

Bevin, Beshear agree to free university funds

Louisville Courier-Journal - 10/17/2016

Kentucky Retirement Systems plans to get out of hedge funds

Lexington Herald-Leader - 10/14/2016

Louisiana

Flood recovery group waiting for HUD rules to spend money

New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com - 10/15/2016

Maine

Maines small businesses fear being swamped by added costs, new rules

Central Maine - 10/16/2016

LePage calls Maines student laptop program a massive failure

Bangor Daily News - 10/14/2016

Tenacious Medicaid supporters ready for 2018 Maine ballot battle

Central Maine - 10/13/2016

LePage slams referendum questions, says 2 minimum wage backers should be jailed

Central Maine - 10/13/2016

Maryland

Maryland gets emergency preparedness money diverted for Zika

Baltimore Sun - 10/20/2016

Massachusetts

Gov. Charlie Baker hopes for faster work on generic drugs from FDA, talks Affordable Care Act

Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 10/17/2016

UMass: State economy growing but threatened by poor infrastructure, lack of education

Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 10/15/2016

Baker to offer buyouts to 42,000 state workers amid $294M deficit

Boston Herald - 10/15/2016

Gov. Charlie Baker to make $294M in midyear budget cuts

Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 10/14/2016

Michigan

State of Michigan spending on private students up 51 percent in 3 years

Detroit Free Press - 10/18/2016

Minnesota

Gov. Mark Dayton: Don't believe Republicans; MNsure is not the problem

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 10/18/2016

MnSCU would trade tuition freeze for $178M

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 10/18/2016

As Dayton's critique echoes, lawmakers mull health law fixes

Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 10/16/2016

Mississippi

Superintendents group announces support for MAEP revamp

Jackson Clarion-Ledger - 10/13/2016

Nebraska

Medicaid providers will get temporary rate increase

Lincoln Journal Star - 10/19/2016

Nebraska tax revenues down in September; Ricketts unlikely to call special session

Omaha World-Herald - 10/15/2016

Ricketts orders hiring freeze and travel ban to slow spending

Lincoln Journal Star - 10/15/2016

Nevada

Nevada Senate passes amended Raiders stadium bill; Sandoval to sign Monday

Las Vegas Review-Journal - 10/14/2016

Nevada Legislature approves sales tax hike for Clark County to hire more cops

Las Vegas Review-Journal - 10/14/2016

New Jersey

N.J. gov't agencies lag on sharing performance data, review shows

NJ.com - 10/19/2016

Christie: The gas tax hike is the 'only one I will ever sign'

NJ.com - 10/18/2016

Rating agency says gas tax deal trades short-term relief for long-term pain

NJ.com - 10/18/2016

N.J. 23 cent gas tax hike deal: Tough on motorists but a windfall for retirees

NJ.com - 10/17/2016

Christie signs bill raising N.J. gas tax 23 cents a gallon

NJ.com - 10/14/2016

New Mexico

Student enrollment drops in oil region

Santa Fe New Mexican - 10/20/2016

Governor signs 2 bills to address budget shortfall

Santa Fe New Mexican - 10/20/2016

NM court justice: budget cuts could affect business cases

ABQJournal Online - 10/19/2016

New York

N.Y. Regents, education department make 2017 proposals

Albany Times-Union - 10/19/2016

NY to put $55M toward welcome centers, tourism

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 10/18/2016

NY's pension fund criticized by state agency

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 10/17/2016

Charter schools lose funding challenge on appeal

Buffalo News - 10/14/2016

North Carolina

In Hurricane Matthew aftermath, crews begin shifting to recovery

Raleigh News & Observer - 10/17/2016

North Dakota

State general fund revenue collections up slightly in September

Bismarck Tribune - 10/19/2016

Oregon

Feds raise pressure on Oregon to upgrade driver's licenses

Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com - 10/13/2016

Pennsylvania

Strike enters 2nd day at 14 Pennsylvania state universities

Allentown Morning Call - 10/20/2016

First faculty strike in Pa. state system history begins

Philly.com - 10/19/2016

Marketplace health plans see sharp increase for 2017

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 10/17/2016

Rhode Island

Trucking Association rallies against tolls

Providence Journal - 10/18/2016

South Carolina

For Medicaid expansion in S.C., HHS secretary says it's only a matter of time

Charleston Post & Courier - 10/19/2016

State law passed as property tax relief creating problems

The State - 10/18/2016

Charleston, Berkeley residents await word on individual FEMA funding

Charleston Post & Courier - 10/18/2016

Pension crisis looms as SC retirement system debt grows

The State - 10/16/2016

South Dakota

State unemployment trust fund could be in line for some relief

Capital Journal (Pierre) - 10/20/2016

Governor intends to offer the buffer-strip tax break

Capital Journal (Pierre) - 10/18/2016

Tennessee

Tennessee high schools sending fewest students to college getting advisers

Nashville Tennessean - 10/19/2016

Texas

Key Republican legislator questions $1 billion border security request

Austin American-Statesman - 10/18/2016

Texas House committee digging in heels for school voucher fight

Texas Tribune - 10/17/2016

Utah

Reforms keep Utah's prison population down, but treatment lagging

Daily Herald - 10/15/2016

Virginia

McAuliffe budget cuts include 26 layoffs, set stage for new bid to expand Medicaid

Richmond.com - 10/14/2016

McAuliffe cancels state employee pay raises to close budget gap

Roanoke Times - 10/14/2016

McAuliffe announces state budget cuts, says more may come

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot/HamptonRoads.com - 10/13/2016

West Virginia

WV to follow CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids

Charleston Gazette - 10/19/2016

WV transportation, highways agencies file lawsuits over paving

Charleston Daily Mail - 10/14/2016

Wisconsin

State's positive budget balance figure relies on incomplete data

Lacrosse Tribune - 10/19/2016

Wisconsin ended fiscal year $313 million in the black

Lacrosse Tribune - 10/18/2016

UW-Madison spends $24M to keep 200 professors from leaving

Lacrosse Tribune - 10/15/2016

Scott Walker announces boost for town road funding

Lacrosse Tribune - 10/14/2016

Wyoming

Mead, lawmakers await October revenue report

Casper Star-Tribune - 10/17/2016

Governor announces outdoor recreation initiative

Casper Star-Tribune - 10/15/2016

UW Proposes $10 Million In Cuts For FY 2018

Wyoming Public Radio - 10/13/2016