State budgets

Whether a qualified, disclaimer or adverse opinion is given depends on the nature and scale of the problem, and some states had lots of problems.

Isn't it reasonable to expect that state governments' financial reporting have full accountability and thus, receive clean audit reports? Often, they do not.

Balances in rainy-day funds hit all-time highs in 37 states by the end of the 2022 fiscal year. That's the biggest tally in over two decades.

Governor Greg Abbott plans to devote a major piece of the state's budget surplus to cutting property taxes.

Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative leaders struck a budget deal that promises a little less pain at the pump, help for working parents, and new tax breaks.

Government budgets are prepared with “wild, wild west” accounting rules.

At least 39 states did not have enough money to pay all of their bills at the end of 2019, leaving them ill-prepared to shoulder the costs of the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report.

The economic stimulus plan released by Senate Republicans offers no new money for states and cities to cope with swelling budget shortfalls, leaving them to contend with a grave financial crisis that’s already forcing them to slash spending, furlough workers and delay projects as tax revenue disappears.

As state finances across America are upended by the coronavirus, almost all of them face the same, self-imposed, problem: how to balance their budgets.

The good intentions behind balanced budget requirements in states and cities have been circumvented by the shoddy accounting practices used in the budget process.