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