More than half of the states exceeded their budgeted tax revenue in the 2007 fiscal year, according to data compiled by the National Association of State Budget Officers in their biennial "Fiscal Survey of States." Revenue came in below projections in just nine states.

A Texas bond disclosure bank settles a threat to its existence.

Most dry summer months, somewhere in the country, a wildfire flares into a fearsome sight that fills the sky with harrowing flames and forbidding columns...

For states and cities, the trick is to capture the wealth when and where it's created and put it to long-term use locally.