National
State DOTs Have More Certainty With FAST Act
Engineering News-Record - 11/2/2016
A Sneak Peek of the Seismic Shift in Corporate Tax Breaks
Governing.com - 11/1/2016
States Move to Encourage More Addiction Counseling
Pew Trusts - StateLine.org - 11/1/2016
States Increase Tabs They Keep on Municipalities Fiscal Health
Governing.com - 11/1/2016
Medicaid Finds Opportune Time to Offer Birth Control: Right After Birth
New York Times - 10/29/2016
The Week in Public Finance: Petitioning for Bankruptcy, Lost Airbnb Revenue and Downgrading New Mexico
Governing.com - 10/28/2016
How states' budget woes are hurting your budget and the broader economy
USA Today - 10/27/2016
To Limit Debt or Make It Limitless? 2 States Voters Will Decide.
Governing.com - 10/27/2016
How Are States Using Welfare Funding? Often, Not to Help People Work.
Governing.com - 10/27/2016
Alabama
Alabama preparing for new federal education law
AL.com - 11/1/2016
A look at 14 statewide amendments on Alabama ballots Nov. 8
AL.com - 10/28/2016
Alaska
University of Alaska president proposes 5 percent tuition increase next academic year
Alaska Dispatch News - 11/2/2016
State raising fees for hunting, fishing licenses in 2017
Fairbanks News-Miner - 10/29/2016
State's marijuana office struggles with overload, but approves Juneau pot shop, testing lab
Juneau Empire - 10/28/2016
Arizona
Group wants US review of school funding Proposition 123
Tucson Arizona Daily Star - 11/2/2016
Full-day kindergarten in Arizona? What you need to know
Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com & KPNX-TV NBC 12 Phoenix - 10/31/2016
For now, Arizona won't enforce new law defunding abortion providers
Tucson Arizona Daily Star - 10/28/2016
Arkansas
Governor to seek $10 million higher ed boost if new funding formula OK'd
Arkansas News.com - 10/31/2016
Education panels fail to adopt adequacy report
Arkansas News.com - 10/31/2016
California
California tweaks electric car rebates: Will it work?
San Diego Union-Tribune - 10/29/2016
Proposition 51 would provide $9 billion for school buildings
Sacramento Bee - 10/28/2016
Colorado
2018 Colorado budget: Gov. John Hickenlooper proposes $25.8 billion plan with deep cuts
Denver Post - 11/2/2016
Connecticut
Teacher pension costs to surge, widen hole in next state budget
New London Day - 11/1/2016
Hospitals Ask Feds To Declare CT Medicaid Rates, Hospital Tax Illegal
Hartford Courant - 11/1/2016
Comptroller Lembo Puts Deficit at $42 Million in Current Year
Hartford Courant - 11/1/2016
Delaware
Markell seeks $2.2 million from feds for Sept. storms
Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online) - 10/28/2016
Dover Downs turns another modest profit
Wilmington News Journal (Delaware Online) - 10/27/2016
Hawaii
State subsidies aid fight against Kona coffee pest
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - 11/1/2016
Hawaii child care subsidies not keeping pace with rising costs, report says
KHNL/KGMB-TV Hawaii News Now - 10/28/2016
Illinois
Does Illinois' gas tax money belong in 'lockbox'?
Illinois Daily Herald - 11/1/2016
Rauner delays resolving bond deal until after 2018 election
Springfield State Journal-Register - 10/31/2016
Iowa
Obama declares federal disaster in Iowa
Quad-City Times - 11/2/2016
IPERS mulls $66 million pension merger with Des Moines teachers
Des Moines Register - 11/1/2016
Iowa will pay more for state's privatized Medicaid program
Sioux City Journal - 11/1/2016
Branstad pumps $33 million more into Medicaid
Des Moines Register - 10/31/2016
Kansas
Kansas tax revenue $13 million below estimate in October
Topeka Capital-Journal - 11/1/2016
Kentucky
Bevin announces pay raises for many transportation workers
Louisville Courier-Journal - 11/1/2016
Kynect is dead. State officials say you wont notice. Feds say get ready to wait.
Lexington Herald-Leader - 10/27/2016
$200 million eyed for Expo Center wish list
Louisville Courier-Journal - 10/27/2016
Louisiana
No clear path forward on Louisiana budget deficit yet
New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com - 10/30/2016
Louisiana budget deficit to hit $313 million -- bigger than previously thought, meaning more cuts
New Orleans Times-Picayune & Nola.com - 10/28/2016
Maine
LePage: Passing referendums will make Maine an economic wasteland
Bangor Daily News - 11/1/2016
Union: LePage administration is laying off DHHS workers
Bangor Daily News - 10/28/2016
Maryland
Hogan proposes $82 million in spending cuts to close revenue gap
Baltimore Sun - 10/28/2016
Massachusetts
Question 2 would expand charter schools
Boston Globe and Boston.com - 10/31/2016
Springfield school officials at odds with state over budget cuts blamed on lower reimbursement for charter schools
Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 10/31/2016
Baker administration awards $8.8 million for rural road and bridge projects in Massachusetts
Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 10/31/2016
Charlie Baker's budget chief warns of deeper deficit to come
Boston Herald - 10/28/2016
Gov. Charlie Baker holds off on mid-year budget cuts
Springfield Union-News & Sunday Republican - 10/27/2016
Michigan
Snyder vetoes Medicaid tax change
Detroit Free Press - 10/27/2016
Minnesota
Gov. Mark Dayton Dayton, Daudt talk premium help as open enrollment begins
Minnesota Public Radio - 11/2/2016
Gov. Dayton proposes rebates to ease sting of rising health premiums
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 10/27/2016
Mississippi
Alcohol, sports betting - panel ponders what to tax, cut Alcohol, sports betting - panel ponders what to tax, cut
Jackson Clarion-Ledger - 11/1/2016
Missouri
Voters face weighty decision over cigarette tax proposals
Columbia Missourian - 11/1/2016
Lawmakers will have a say in how proposed tobacco tax money would be spent
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - 10/28/2016
Montana
Change in Medicaid rule makes treatment for sexual assault more expensive
Missoula Missoulian - 10/30/2016
State, federal agency seek damages for Yellowstone oil spill
Missoula Missoulian - 10/29/2016
Nebraska
Nebraska lawmakers facing nearly $1 billion budget shortfall next year
Omaha World-Herald - 10/29/2016
State's shortfall projection nearing $1 billion
Lincoln Journal Star - 10/29/2016
Nevada
Nevada taxable sales climb by 10.6 percent in August
Las Vegas Review-Journal - 10/28/2016
Nevada casino revenue up 4 percent in September
Las Vegas Sun - 10/27/2016
New Hampshire
State forms human trafficking task force
Nashua Telegraph - 11/2/2016
New Jersey
State says Atlantic City rescue plan won't work
Press of Atlantic City - 11/2/2016
New Jersey rejects Atlantic City fiscal plan, could seek takeover
North Jersey.com (Bergen County Record & Herald News) - 11/1/2016
N.J. college tuition grant bill gets mixed response
Press of Atlantic City - 10/30/2016
Get ready. New Jersey gas tax increase kicks in Tuesday
Press of Atlantic City - 10/28/2016
New Mexico
State is awarded $7 million to help struggling schools
ABQJournal Online - 10/31/2016
NM to stop refund holds on foreigners
ABQJournal Online - 10/30/2016
Another NM credit downgrade on horizon?
ABQJournal Online - 10/30/2016
Retired state workers could see bump in pensions from back pay dispute
Santa Fe New Mexican - 10/29/2016
Moody's downgrades New Mexico bond rating
ABQJournal Online - 10/28/2016
Projections: $100 million state budget gap remains
Santa Fe New Mexican - 10/27/2016
New Mexico seeks co-pays from Medicaid patients
ABQJournal Online - 10/27/2016
New York
N.Y. to fund more 'Youth Clubhouses' to fight heroin abuse
Albany Times-Union - 11/2/2016
NYs health exchange opens with expanding enrollment
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - 10/30/2016
DiNapoli: Despite bumps, Wall St. looks promising
Albany Times-Union - 10/29/2016
North Carolina
Storm recovery plan aims to find homes, help businesses, rebuild communities
Raleigh News & Observer - 11/2/2016
N.C. pension fund investments rise 3.5%
Raleigh News & Observer - 11/1/2016
McCrory will ask for special session on storm recovery
Raleigh News & Observer - 10/29/2016
North Dakota
N.D. approves additional $4M for protest costs
INFORUM-Fargo - 11/1/2016
New tuition plan aiming to attract out-of-state students could cost NDSU $3.3 million
Bismarck Tribune - 10/28/2016
Ohio
State $15M to fund trail expansion, other outdoor projects in Ohio
Toledo Blade - 10/29/2016
Medicaid expansion credited for getting a record number of kids insurance in Ohio
Columbus Dispatch - 10/28/2016
Oregon
Highway 20 to get $8.4 million in safety upgrades
Corvallis Gazette-Times - 11/1/2016
Measure 97 FAQ: How the tax would work, who would pay, where the money goes
Portland Oregonian, Hillsboro Argus, Oregon Live.com - 10/28/2016
Pennsylvania
Pa.'s revenue picture improved in October but still has some ground to make up
Pennlive.com - 11/1/2016
Pa. flood damage might, after all, qualify for financial aid
Pennlive.com - 10/27/2016
House passes bill to fix casino host fee and legalize internet gambling
Allentown Morning Call - 10/27/2016
Legislature OKs opioid restrictions
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 10/27/2016
Rhode Island
Medicaid enrollment surging in R.I.
Providence Journal - 10/31/2016
R.I. prison guards awarded 10.25% raise over 5 years
Providence Journal - 10/28/2016
South Carolina
House panel discusses tax policy changes
Charleston Post & Courier - 11/1/2016
House panels look to revise property tax law, remove some tax exemptions
The State - 11/1/2016
South Dakota
Legislators look closer at struggling university
Sioux Falls Argus Leader - 10/31/2016
Texas
Report: Texas disabled children care hit as funding wanes
Austin American-Statesman - 11/1/2016
State awards Houston $25.4 million to put on the Super Bowl
Houston Chronicle - 11/1/2016
Virginia
Virginia Medicaid costs to rise again as governor prepares new push for expansion
Roanoke Times - 11/2/2016
State panel pushes to reinstate raises, make compensation higher priority in budget
Roanoke Times - 10/29/2016
West Virginia
State revenue slide continues, deficit hits $87M
Charleston Gazette - 11/2/2016
State lottery revenue sees slight decrease in September
Charleston Daily Mail - 10/27/2016
Wisconsin
Report: Funding, social factors affected Wisconsin CWD fight
WISC-TV Channel 3000.com Madison - 10/27/2016
Wyoming
Amendment to Wyoming Constitution up for vote on 2016 ballot
Cheyenne Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - 10/31/2016
Forecast grim for K-12 funding
Casper Star-Tribune - 10/27/2016