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• California City Becomes 1st to Use Eminent Domain to Aid Homeowners
• Sep. 11, 2013
• Richmond, California's leaders approved on Wednesday morning a plan for the city to become the first in the nation to acquire mortgages with negative equity in a bid to keep local residents in their homes.

• Massachusetts Governor Wants to Repeal New Tech Tax That He Proposed
• Sep. 11, 2013
• Governor Deval Patrick abruptly changed course Tuesday and said he no longer supports a controversial new tax on computer software services that has triggered a fierce backlash from the state’s technology community and spawned numerous attempts to repeal it.

• Detroit Slows Michigan's Muni Bond Sales to Fewest in a Decade
• Sep. 10, 2013
• The smallest amount of municipal-bond issuance in Michigan in 10 years is threatening to derail the state’s economic comeback, showing how Governor Rick Snyder underestimated the fallout from Detroit’s bankruptcy.

• After Ignoring Earlier Reform Calls, D.C. Officials Now Want Changes to Tax Lien Practices
• Sep. 10, 2013
• Top District officials said Monday that they were outraged to learn about an aggressive practice of recouping city tax debts that pushed hundreds of city landowners into foreclosure.

• Minnesota Legislators OK Disaster Relief During Special Session
• Sep. 10, 2013
• The Minnesota Legislature approved a $4.7 million disaster-relief measure on Monday, offering reimbursement checks to counties in central and southern Minnesota battered by windstorms, floods and ice storms over the spring and summer.

• Midwestern Governors Jet Off to Japan
• Sep. 9, 2013
• Gov. Pat Quinn is among several governors taking a taxpayer-funded trip to Japan to participate in a conference aimed at increasing trade between that country and Midwestern states.

• North Las Vegas Rejects Controversial Mortgage Plan Involving Eminent Domain
• Sep. 5, 2013
• The North Las Vegas City Council has rejected a controversial proposal to use eminent domain to help refinance underwater mortgages and instead will wait for the state to weigh in on the legality of the plan.

• Report: State Pension Systems Underfunded by $4.1 Trillion
• Sep. 4, 2013
• More stringent accounting practices show state employee pensions combine for an underfunded ratio of 39 percent, according to a new report.

• Commentary
• The Secret Tax Explosion
• Sep. 1, 2013
• Special districts are growing like weeds—and raising tax burdens as they proliferate.

• Are Casinos Still a Safe Bet?
• Sep. 1, 2013
• Delaware lost revenue when its neighboring states opened their own casinos -- something that’s happening around the nation. But some argue that even with more competition and less profit, states are still winning.

• Turmoil and Trouble in the Muni Bond Market
• Aug. 29, 2013
• A veteran issuer gives his perspective on the mounting woes over muni bonds.

• Federal Timber Payments Reduced in 22 States
• Aug. 29, 2013
• The federal government will deduct more than $860,000 from its timber payment to Arizona this year, some of the more than $15 million the U.S. Forest Service said it will withhold from 22 states.

• Oil, Gas Royalties Restored to 34 States
• Aug. 28, 2013
• Department of Interior officials said Tuesday they won't withhold oil and gas royalty payments next year from 34 states, including Colorado, as part of the federal budget sequestration and will pay back funds captured in 2013.

• Report: Frackers Cheating Pennsylvania Out of Billions
• Aug. 28, 2013
• Manipulation of costs and other data by oil companies is keeping billions of dollars in royalties out of the hands of private and government landholders, an investigation by ProPublica has found.

• Illinois to Post Names Online of People Who Fail to Pay Tolls, Fines
• Aug. 28, 2013
• Until now, the Tollway had been reluctant to publicize the names. But Gov. Pat Quinn on Tuesday signed legislation allowing the Tollway to do so, along with the amount of fines and unpaid tolls owed by each violator.