A group of 20 former water regulators in Florida is urging Governor Rick Scott to restore funding to the state’s five water management districts, whose budgets have shrunken dramatically under the governor. more

A congressional committee will hear testimony Tuesday (July 24) on a bill that could send billions of dollars to the states each year. Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Wayne Harper, a Utah state representative, are among those scheduled to appear before the House Judiciary Committee to comment on the “Marketplace

With their fiscal circumstances improving this year, many states had the luxury of debating tax cuts and spending increases for the first time since the recession began. Still, the progress is uneven and more challenges loom. Part one of a weeklong series. more

Arizona lawmakers approved a major cut in income taxes on capital gains last week, a move that’s just the latest chapter in the debate over whether income from salaries and income from investments should be treated the same for tax purposes.