New survey research shows that local governments are now facing a fiscal crisis that will force job losses approaching 500,000 and significant cuts in much needed public services.
Published Date: July 27, 2010
From employment to the stability of the housing market, signs of growth that may be making their way into the national picture are not yet evident in many local economies across the country.
Published Date: May 26, 2010
Published Date: May 1, 2010
All three major credit-rating services are moving to rate municipal debt based on the likelihood of default, which is the standard used for corporate debt.
Published Date: April 12, 2010
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 created two new bond programs: Recovery Zone Economic Development Bonds and Recovery Zone Facility Bonds.
Published Date: March 26, 2010
Water and sewer rate setting is one of a local government’s most important environmental and public health responsibilities. Water and sewer rates ultimately determine how much revenue a community will have to maintain vital infrastructure.
Published Date: February 24, 2010
City governments have taken steps one and two in managing their budgets in hard economic times and now hang on the edge of step three: eliminating services, says a report by Kennesaw State University.
Published Date: February 3, 2010
Published Date: January 7, 2010
The Department of Agriculture, which had notified Garden City officials that it would not be paying local stormwater runoff fees in light of a recent Attorney General opinion, has reversed that decision and has made payment to the city for the farmers’ market located there.
Published Date: October 5, 2009
While funding from the state to cities has been shrinking and city revenues have slowed, federal stimulus funds are making a difference in Georgia's cities
Published Date: September 3, 2009
As the state tries to balance its budget by slashing services, its cities are being forced to pick up the slack or do without and they're not happy about it.
Published Date: September 3, 2009
Cities are in the early stages of registering the effects of the nation's economic downturn, according to the National League of Cities (NLC) annual report on fiscal conditions.
Published Date: September 2, 2009
Cities now have the ability to charge convenience fees to offset the cost of offerring credit cards as a payment option for different types of revenues.
Published Date: July 30, 2009
Pick up any newspaper around the state and you are bound to see an article about a city grappling to balance its budget.
Published Date: June 5, 2009
Q&A from Ask GMA.
Published Date: April 2, 2009