"There are pressures that locals will be feeling, and the states can compound those pressures; sometimes they do, sometimes they don't," S&P Managing Director Jane Ridley said. States face broadening ...

(The Center Square) – State and local government debt surpassed $6.1 trillion in 2023, according to an analysis by Reason Foundation. The majority of debt was held by state governments, $2.66 trillion ...

The national debt recently surpassed $38 trillion, but America’s debt crisis isn’t limited to the federal government. Less well known is that, nationwide, state and local governments now hold more ...