The author writes about how property taxes revenues, which normally hold up during recessions, will plummet during this housing downturn....

The report by the National League of Cities reviews provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) that are relevant for cities.

As the fiscal crisis around the country threatens more and more local governments, officials are faced with increasing challenges

The conventional response to budget deficits in some local governments and states has been to apply simple across-the-board percentage cuts, for example...

The author explains that companies benefit from branding and that municipalities can benefit too if they adopt the private sector branding techniques...