For the second time in two weeks, a rating agency lowered the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's outlook.

Where and how residents buy their alcohol in the commonwealth's control state system has resurfaced as a budgetary, policy and public-health dynamic.

The large Illinois county says it's too early to say how it will close its more than $200 million gap, but it has reserves and is lobbying for federal relief.

It is the underlying economy and demographics that drive tax revenues, budget needs, policy decisions, and capital needs/debt issuance of governments. Economic data is objective and updated often which can be critical in times like these.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said bankruptcy "could significantly raise states' cost of issuing bonds to pay for major transportation projects and other investments that boost the economy."

At a virtual quarterly board meeting this week, the board discussed its search for the next CEO, which has been affected by the virus.

The Commerce Department reported that new orders for manufactured durable goods fell 14.4% in March while the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index dropped to 71.8 in April, the largest monthly decline on record.

Nevada was one of the last states to recover from the Great Recession