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Byline: Amanda D'Ambrosio Gov. Kathy Hochul has allocated $58 million to rescue a financially ailing state fund that covers lifetime hospital costs for people hurt by medical malpractice at birth, [...]

Byline: Andrea Deckert The New York State Photonics Board of Officers recommended on Thursday that $27.5 million in state funds go toward the American Institute for Manufacturing Integrated Photonics (AIM [...]

Byline: EDDIE SMALL New York's rent-relief program needs more money--that's not in dispute no matter whom you ask. The issue stakeholders are having is where this money should come from. [...]

The auditor of the state of Indiana is probably the most important elected office no one is talking about, especially if you hate potholes. I worked in city government under [...]

Byline: NPM Bureau NEW DELHI: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of India here today signed a $50 million policy-based loan to improve financial management procedures and operational [...]

A newspaper account early this year reported on pending legislation that would 'slash billions of dollars worth of taxes' in my home state of Indiana. The article was more interesting [...]

Arkansas started its fiscal year with revenue coming in $39.2 million above forecast, the state's finance office said Tuesday. The Department of Finance & Administration said the state's net available [...]

As I enter the second of my two years as presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, and after having served two years as assistant presiding judge, I offer [...]

Consider recent headlines about the worsening crisis of state court underfunding and the resulting negative consequences: "State budget cuts clog criminal justice system," cautioned The Wall Street Journal in October. [...]

The economic crisis is obviously not just a budget issue for a local government's administrators. It is a crisis for the entire community. Now, more than ever, it is important [...]

Designing the most effective pension program requires knowledge of plan options, local objectives and employee needs. Just as the roles of public employees have changed over the years, so have [...]

Thirty-four of the most influential organizations in California have formed the California Governance Consensus Project to develop a new financial plan for state and local operations. It brings together such organizations as the California Chamber of Commerce, the League of California Cities and the California Teachers Assn in an ambitious effort to improve the government's financial management and ensure the state economy's long-term growth.

Almost a decade ago a study of three midwestern states revealed a variety of budget office orientations, ranging from a control to a policy emphasis, including a state in transition from one to the other. This article revisits these states to examine their current orientations and whether different office orientations influence the role of budget analysts in the budgetary process. The results suggest that another stage should be added to $chick's 1966 framework to account for the evolution of some state budget offices to a policy orientation.

As the University of Kentucky School of Law honored its alumnus William T. (Bill) Robinson III, president of the American Bar Association, with a major symposium about court funding this [...]

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists who work in public schools, deliver health care services under Medicaid, or teach in public universities--and the individuals they serve--will feel the impact of proposed state [...]

The 'Miracle of Massachusetts' is a slogan of the past. The FY 1992 deficit was projected to be over one billion dollars. In this article the authors describe the efforts of a dedicated group of government employees who created innovative solutions to long-standing problems. Massachusetts' financial statements could not obtain a 'clean' audit opinion because the state's fixed asset records were unauditable. The group developed and implemented an acceptable method for valuation of those assets. This required inventorying all the fixed assets of the state, then valuing each of these items in accordance with either an historical cost or an acceptable surrogate.

Feb. 17, 2009, was a historic day for the economic relationship between the federal government and the states. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, signed into law that day, constituted [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] STATE OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN BUSY PREPARING for the influx of federal money that Arkansas will receive if Congress approves the nationwide economic stimulus package, with a special emphasis [...]

Politics and incorrect general economic forecasts are to blame for most state budget revenue shortfalls. Governors who are campaigning for reelection and outgoing officeholders often inflate the apparent budgetary health for political purposes. The national recession is also difficult to predict.

"Impossible! No way a weapon gets in this courtroom. Security checks every nook and cranny every day and we keep it locked when not in session. Our security is state [...]