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• Court Affirms Arizona's Use of Mortgage Settlement to Balance Budget
• Sep. 25, 2013
• Most was for direct aid to homeowners to help reduce their mortgages. There also was cash compensation for those who already had lost their homes.

• State Reliance on Federal Funding Near All-Time High
• Sep. 24, 2013
• After years of declining tax revenues and federal stimulus payments, states find themselves relying more on the federal government for cash infusions than ever before. But thanks to the budget sequester, much of that money is about to vanish.

• Governors Facing Re-Election Cut Taxes with Surpluses
• Sep. 24, 2013
• Florida Governor Rick Scott shows how governors in at least nine states are approaching re-election campaigns next year by touting surpluses and pitching tax cuts, sometimes relying on one-time revenue to fund the breaks.

• Biden: Government Shutdown Won't Impact Aid for Colorado Floods
• Sep. 24, 2013
• Fixing ruined roads will cost "several hundred million dollars," Gov. John Hickenlooper's office estimated Monday after he and Vice President Joe Biden flew over flood-ravaged mountain canyons and towns.

• U.S. Lawmakers Call for Nationwide Investigation of Local Tax-Lien Programs
• Sep. 20, 2013
• A dozen U.S. senators are calling on the federal government to investigate tax-lien programs across the country and find ways to thwart “unscrupulous practices” that in the District alone have cost dozens of families their homes.

• Report Examines Why Cities Struggle Financially
• Sep. 20, 2013
• Detroit, Chicago and three other U.S. cities fell into financial distress for a variety of reasons, according to analyses of financial data released on Thursday.

• Despite Critics, Christie Expands Corporate Tax Breaks in New Jersey
• Sep. 19, 2013
• New Jersey’s use of tax breaks and grants to lure businesses to the state — already ramped up under Gov. Chris Christie — may now expand even more sharply.

• $1 Billion in Government, Commercial Property Damage from Colorado Floods Projected
• Sep. 19, 2013
• Property losses from deadly flooding in Colorado will total nearly $2 billion, about half from housing and half from the commercial and government sectors, catastrophe modeling firm Eqecat said on Wednesday in the first comprehensive estimate of the disaster's economic toll.

• Christie Vows to Appeal Sports Betting Ruling to U.S. Supreme Court
• Sep. 18, 2013
• The federal appeals court in Philadelphia handed down a 2-1 ruling today that New Jersey could not implement sports betting because the state’s new law conflicts with a federal statute that bans it in all but four states: Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon.

• Colleges Clash with Towns over the Cost of Public Services
• Sep. 17, 2013
• With increased financial pressures on municipalities across the country, as well as on places of higher learning, town-versus-gown squabbles over Pilot payments — an acronym for payments in lieu of taxes — are increasingly common and often contentious.

• Unless Congress Acts, Legal Marijuana Businesses Will Be Cash-Only
• Sep. 13, 2013
• Unless Congress amends the law, marijuana businesses must be cash-only, creating a potentially dangerous situation in which they must keep thousands of dollars in cash on hand.

• 8 Years After Katrina, Mississippi Has $872M in Unspent Federal Recovery Funds
• Sep. 13, 2013
• Eight years after Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast, Mississippi still hasn’t spent almost $1billion in federal money dedicated to recovery from the storm.

• Obama OKs Federal Aid for Flood-Ravaged Colorado
• Sep. 13, 2013
• Heavy rains caused widespread flash flooding in Colorado on Thursday, forcing hundreds of evacuations and leaving at least three people dead.

• Gay Marriage and State Taxes
• Sep. 12, 2013
• States that don't recognize same-sex marriage will face a few tax complications come 2014.

• Florida's Foreclosure Drop May, or May Not, Be Result of New Law
• Sep. 12, 2013
• Foreclosures in Orlando —- and the rest of Florida — have dropped dramatically since the state started expediting them under a new law that took effect July 1.