Budget & Finance
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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office in January, wants more public safety tools to protect stops and stations, and a better user experience. She has ordered officials to come up with a plan. -
The launch of GrantWell, which offers free support to municipal governments, aims to expand their access to federal and state funding. A recent listening tour highlighted local needs.
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Negotiations have stalled over a state Senate proposal to repeal a sales tax exemption on data center equipment. Gov. Abigail Spanberger raised the possibility of a data center electricity consumption tax.
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Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel has teamed up with the civic tech startup OpenGov to put financial data from all Ohio cities, counties and government entities online in accessible, searchable form.
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Most cities are failing to tell their fiscal stories well or at all. New York and Chicago, though, offer models of true transparency.
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'Balancing Act' illustrates how balancing a budget is a game of compromises, letting users tweak the numbers to see how their budget is affected.
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The companies are receiving funding through the state's competitive Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Matching Funds program.
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As Ohio has shown, it's not that hard for states to give citizens the information they need on how public money is spent.
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Denver is pioneering an innovative website that promises to save taxpayers money while improving the services they get.
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The report confirms that the former head of Texas' Medicaid fraud division was misleading when he and other officials brokered deals with the 21CT.
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Patient advocates pushed back when Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed cutting the state Department of Health's physician profile website for an annual savings of $1.2 million.
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The passage of the bill came a day after a scathing 92-page report highlighted weakness in state contracting, particularly with the Health and Human Services Commission.
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How little-known 21CT landed a $20 million Medicaid fraud tracking software deal with the state's HHSC, a whale of a state agency that spends billions each year on contracts, has become the center of three very public investigations.
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Transit systems are growing along with ridership. But more investments in technology are needed to make transit a reliable alternative to automobiles in cities.
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So far, $6.5 million in federal money has been allocated for the project, which is estimated to cost $38.3 million to build for California, Oregon and Washington.
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The bill addresses the unusual Oregon taxation methodology known as "central assessment," which values telecom companies' property, in part, based on the value of their brand.
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Moving to a new, integrated system gave an Idaho county the tools it needed to cope with the real-estate bust.
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On-demand services like Uber and Airbnb will force state and local governments to rethink taxes, zoning and retirement.
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Here's how to deal with some of the biggest (and most difficult) issues that may come your way.
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How does a new CIO gain credibility in the statehouse?
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All 50 states were ranked in an annual survey for financial transparency by consumer advocacy group U.S. PIRG, with surprises in both the winner and loser categories.
