The last several years have been a rollercoaster for state and local budget-writers, who confronted the disruption and uncertainty of the COVID pandemic, which torpedoed revenues, then an influx of federal aid that shored things up in the near term but left question marks in the out years. We speak with Justin Theal about new research from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
New York State has a new $220 billion budget, approved while most residents were sleeping. Governor Kathy Hochul’s first spending plan came together a...
WAMC's Jim Levulis sat down with Hugh Johnson, chairman and chief investment officer of Hugh Johnson Advisors in Albany.
VP Harris has officially accepted the Democratic nomination for president after a whirlwind summer. Now that the national convention in Chicago is over, attention...