National
Public Pensions Facing Worst Returns Since Recession
Governing.com - 8/3/2016
Amid Shortage of Psychiatric Beds, Mentally Ill Face Long Waits for Treatment
Pew Trusts - StateLine.org - 8/2/2016
Great Recession Took Toll on Children's Mental Health
U.S. News & World Report - 8/1/2016
Boot-Camp Prisons Find Their Time Running Out
Wall Street Journal - 7/31/2016
Can Counties Fix Rural America's Endless Recession?
Governing.com - 7/29/2016
States, Cities Mount U.S. Election-Year Push for Infrastructure
Bloomberg.com - 7/29/2016
The States That Spend the Most (and the Least) on Education
Governing.com - 7/29/2016
State Budgets Forecast: Cloudy
Governing.com - 7/29/2016
Alabama
Amid Alabama lottery proposal, federal figures show where lotto money really goes
Huntsville Times - 8/2/2016
Alaska
Budget cuts strain school district savings
Fairbanks News-Miner - 8/3/2016
'No consistent evidence' Alaska's public employees are overpaid, says new UAA study
Alaska Dispatch News - 7/30/2016
Arizona
No Arizona Planned Parenthood cuts for now
Tucson Arizona Daily Star - 8/2/2016
Arkansas
State revenues up from year ago, below forecast
Arkansas News.com - 8/2/2016
Higher ed board OKs framework for new funding formula, new director
Arkansas News.com - 7/29/2016
Colorado
Only the sickest Coloradans on Medicaid get breakthrough treatment for hepatitis C
Denver Post - 7/29/2016
Connecticut
Connecticut's Budget Fix Does Little To Appease Muni Bond Buyers
Hartford Courant - 8/2/2016
Connecticuts Budget Deficit Improves Slightly
CT News Junkie - 8/2/2016
2016 budget for state ended deep in the red
Waterbury Republican-American - 8/2/2016
Delaware
U.S. Education Secretary praises Delaware
Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online) - 8/2/2016
Grants available for prison re-entry in Delaware
Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online) - 7/29/2016
Florida
CDC pledges $720K to track Zika-related birth defects in Florida
Tampa Bay Times and Tampa Bay.com - 8/2/2016
Georgia
Big shift to free texts in state colleges
Athens Banner-Herald - 8/2/2016
Controversial tax paying off for rural Georgia transportation
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - 7/30/2016
Hawaii
Ige kills highway expansions
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - 8/2/2016
Idaho
ISU expects revenue loss from fewer international students
Boise Idaho Statesman - 8/2/2016
Illinois
Rauner panel to meet on school funding formula
Chicago Tribune - 8/3/2016
Extra state aid makes budgeting easier, school superintendent says
Springfield State Journal-Register - 8/2/2016
Gov. Rauner vetoes senior assistance bill
Springfield State Journal-Register - 8/2/2016
Tom Cullertons initiative to end pension abuse signed into law
Chicago Tribune - 8/1/2016
Iowa
Branstad to push water-quality efforts during tour this week
Quad-City Times - 8/2/2016
Kansas
Kansas revenues miss the mark in July; state starts new fiscal year with a shortfall
Lawrence Journal-World - 8/1/2016
Kansas tax revenue $14.3 million beneath July target
Topeka Capital-Journal - 8/1/2016
Lawmakers set to examine KanCare issues amid frustration
Topeka Capital-Journal - 7/30/2016
Kentucky
State to upset dentists: Medicaid proposal won't hurt a bit
Lexington Herald-Leader - 8/2/2016
Bevin: Beshear's U of L board is illegal
Louisville Courier-Journal - 8/2/2016
$52.7M surplus: Which Kentucky fund gets it?
Louisville Courier-Journal - 8/1/2016
Bevin awards $500,000 contract to probe Beshear administration
Lexington Herald-Leader - 8/1/2016
Louisiana
400 new Louisiana laws take effect in August
New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com - 8/2/2016
Maine
LePage orders state government hiring freeze
Bangor Daily News - 8/1/2016
Maryland
Maryland health chief says it was mistake not to seek more money for mental health beds
Baltimore Sun - 8/2/2016
Massachusetts
Lawmakers reject Gov. Charlie Baker's plan to charge some state workers more for health insurance
Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 8/2/2016
Mass. state pension fund posts 2.3 percent investment gain
Boston Globe and Boston.com - 8/2/2016
Mass. Gaming Commission OKs partial casino relief funds for Hampden County Sheriff's Department, Caring Health Center
Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 8/1/2016
Lawmakers end session with late deals on energy, Uber regs
Boston Herald - 8/1/2016
Lawmakers restore $40M in funding under deadline crunch
Boston Herald - 7/31/2016
Massachusetts lawmakers reach compromise on municipal modernization bill
Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 7/30/2016
Gov. Charlie Baker opposes vehicle miles traveled tax proposal
Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 7/29/2016
Michigan
Early signs of success in foster care prevention program
Lansing State Journal - 8/1/2016
Minnesota
State hospital needs security help, Dayton and Daudt agree
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Twin Cities.com - 8/1/2016
Mississippi
Special panels tackle taxes, budget
Hattiesburg American - 8/1/2016
Analysis: Income tax and roads loom in tax and budget review
The Sun Herald - 8/1/2016
Missouri
July budget report shows initial progress toward balancing deficit
Missouri Net - 8/3/2016
Study: Missouri state workers worst paid in nation
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 7/29/2016
Montana
GOP lawmakers slam Bullock over revenue slowdown
Billings Gazette - 8/3/2016
GOP news conference to discuss revenue status
Great Falls Tribune - 8/1/2016
Nebraska
New state audit finds 'significant deficiencies' in operations of Nebraska Economic Development Department
Omaha World-Herald - 8/3/2016
Nevada
Parents, educators, state officials wait to hear Nevada high court rulings on school choice
Las Vegas Review-Journal - 7/30/2016
Both sides of school choice debate energized as State Supreme Court Justices grill attorneys
Las Vegas Review-Journal - 7/29/2016
Nevada casinos end 2016 fiscal year with $11.1 billion gaming win
Las Vegas Review-Journal - 7/29/2016
New Hampshire
NH Supreme Court: State budget cutting move struck down
Manchester Union Leader - 8/2/2016
New Jersey
Critics: Christie's last-minute budget cuts hurt N.J.'s most vulnerable
Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com - 8/2/2016
N.J. pension ballot measure stalled by transportation fund dispute
North Jersey.com (Bergen County Record & Herald News) - 8/1/2016
N.J. gas tax deal goes through committee, but still won't get past Christie
Newark Star-Ledger/NJ.com - 7/29/2016
New Mexico
Governor repeats no-tax-increase pledge
ABQJournal Online - 8/2/2016
New York
State provides money for local inpatient addiction treatment
Buffalo News - 8/2/2016
$68M in Sandy funds help build rental housing
NewsDay.com - 8/1/2016
North Carolina
McCrory lets HB2 funding bill become law without signature
Charlotte Observer - 8/2/2016
North Dakota
GOP forges ahead with budget plan as special session begins
INFORUM-Fargo - 8/2/2016
Dalrymple urges belt-tightening to remedy $309 million budget shortfall in North Dakota
Grand Forks Herald - 8/2/2016
GOP proposes $152 million more in budget cuts
Bismarck Tribune - 8/2/2016
Governor rallies lawmakers to fix shortfall in morning address
Bismarck Tribune - 8/1/2016
Dalrymple orders additional 2.5 percent cut to balance N.D. budget
INFORUM-Fargo - 8/1/2016
Ohio
Ohio's multimillion voting-rights battle could prove even more costly for taxpayers
Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com - 8/2/2016
State to pay doctors more to keep patients healthy
Columbus Dispatch - 8/2/2016
As No Child Left Behind is tossed out, Ohio plans a new approach to testing and school accountability
Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com - 7/30/2016
Does Ohio's $2 billion rainy day fund mean there's room to help Ohio's cities?
Cleveland Plain Dealer & Cleveland.com - 7/29/2016
Oklahoma
Millions to flow to alternative Oklahoma transportation projects
NewsOK.com - 8/2/2016
If there's no teacher raise, 6 Oklahoma agencies would get bulk of $140 million surplus
NewsOK.com - 8/2/2016
Oregon
Economic studies could fuel contentious corporate tax measure battle
Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com - 8/2/2016
PERS: Oregon's public pension costs will go up $885M next year
Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com - 7/30/2016
Pennsylvania
Gov. Wolf: Cost-cutting saved Pa. $156 million
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 8/2/2016
Pennsylvania government overtime grew 10% last year
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 8/2/2016
Table games paying off for Pa. casinos
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 7/31/2016
Cigarette tax increase expected to generate $425M a year for Pa. treasury
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 7/31/2016
South Carolina
DOT: I-26 widening expected to be finished next month
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - 8/1/2016
South Dakota
No money, few answers for private school vouchers
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - 8/2/2016
Regents face big changes in university enrollments
Capital Journal (Pierre) - 8/2/2016
Tennessee
Tenn. awards more than $17 million for local parks
Knoxville News-Sentinel - 8/2/2016
Texas
Prison System Ponders $250 Million in Budget Cuts
Texas Tribune - 8/3/2016
Texas gets one of four largest shares of CDC's $16 million Zika grant
Dallas Morning News - 8/2/2016
Texas comptroller: Back-to-school shoppers could save up to $92
My San Antonio.com - 8/1/2016
Utah
State now focused on single site near airport for new prison
Salt Lake City Deseret Morning News - 7/30/2016
Vermont
Influential state pot study flawed, researchers say
Burlington Free Press - 8/1/2016
Virginia
Lawmakers urge U.Va. to freeze tuition in dispute over investment fund
Richmond.com - 8/3/2016
Virginia's transportation project scoring process rebranded
Richmond.com - 7/29/2016
West Virginia
WV Lottery revenues down $27 million, mostly at racetracks
Charleston Gazette - 7/29/2016
Wisconsin
Walker wants to maintain UW tuition freeze
WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison - 8/2/2016
Wyoming
Wyoming inmate treatment facility closed to save money
Casper Star-Tribune - 8/1/2016
Coal Dependent School Budgets In Crisis
Wyoming Public Radio - 7/29/2016
Substance Abuse Treatment Cuts Could Harm Wyoming Prisoners
Wyoming Public Radio - 7/29/2016
Budget cuts force reductions in tests at Wyoming crime lab
Casper Star-Tribune - 7/29/2016