Monday, January 5, 2026

MUNICIPAL FINANCE CHALLENGES

AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS


Josh Goodman, senior officer, State Fiscal Health, The Pew Charitable Trusts, authored a study that looked at the largest cities in the nation and found 20 of 25 have budget deficits in fiscal year 2026 and many have deficits that go beyond that.

“I was a little bit surprised in doing this analysis.

It’s not just a remote work and office vacancy problem; it is that they got a lot of help from federal stimulus and infrastructure dollars.

Plus, post Covid, they got income tax and local taxing boost,” he said.

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