The Colorado State University Center for Tropical Weather and Climate Research will issue its first forecasts for the 2024 Atlantic Basin hurricane season on April 4 at 10am EDT. Elsewhere, in Sarasota, Florida, the recently formed Climate Adaptation Center is… Continue Reading →
The Illinois Comptroller’s April report is scary reading. The state is $4.5 billion in arrears on payments to vendors and others (like school districts and service providers) with no end in sight. The Comptroller expects 2011 to be worse. The following chart… Continue Reading →
The tables below are for contextual reference as state and local governments face draconian spending cuts. The combination of public policy with the several bubble periods over the last twenty-five years has created a toxic brew. Some state and local governments are… Continue Reading →
Several states are showing scary illiquidity. New Jersey’s governor just yesterday impounded funds the legislature had already appropriated and announced a state of emergency. He stopped short of “declaring” emergency, which would have given him special powers over contracts. New… Continue Reading →
Oregon voters passed Propositions 66 and 67 yesterday which support Governor Kulongowski’s budget proposal. The following link will give you detail on the propositions, the vote, the key donors to each campaign and the groups advocating pro and con. Oregon is… Continue Reading →
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