A decline in the corporate tax rate enforced through state policy is found by a new study to be immaterial to investment decisions for businesses and therefore a non-factor for spurring economic growth within a state. More »
Increases in minimum wages appear to help some poor families escape poverty while having the perverse effect of dragging other families below the poverty line. More »
Meredith Weenick discusses managing rising benefit obligations during a transition in leadership. More »
Fort Worth’s Assistant City Manager Susan Alanis discusses the role that city personnel, elected officials, and state funding play in the City’s finances. More »
This week, Daniel O'Keefe talks with Controller Green about the financial issues facing the city of Houston. More »
Nashville’s Director of Finance Richard Riebeling discusses crafting sustainable cities through financing infrastructure, incentivizing tourism, and promoting fiscal transparency. More »
Memphis Finance Director Brian Collins explains how his city’s problems are being met with innovative solutions from the public and private sectors. More »
This week, Daniel O'Keefe speaks with Gayle Corrigan and Joseph Andriole of Central Falls, RI on labor-management relations and how unions and city governments can work together through financial crises. More »
Detroit’s leading restructuring professional explains challenges in the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. More »
Neal Young from the City of Phoenix talks about sustainable growth, transportation, solar energy, budgeting, and pensions in the nation’s Sunbelt. More »
The Treasurer for the City of Philadelphia, Nancy Winkler, discusses applying expertise from 28 years in financial consulting to reinvent the City’s financial fortunes. More »
Seattle’s Director of Finance Glen Lee discusses Seattle’s conservative approach to municipal budgets and how it helped the City rebound after the recession. More »