Jul. 31—While more than a dozen states have shrunk their pension debt obligations in recent years, a majority continue to see growth in the gap between the amount of money retirees have been promised ...

(MoneyWatch) All the news surrounding the fiscal problems of Detroit has brought more attention to the municipal bond market and raised questions about the safety of the general obligation bonds of ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirmed Wednesday the obligations of states relating to climate change under treaties and customary law. The court emphasized that the severe and far-reaching ...

“[T]he questions posed by the General Assembly represent more than a legal problem: they concern an existential problem of planetary proportions that imperils all forms of life and the very health of ...

We can all agree that we want our states and cities to avoid the painful lessons collectively learned from the recent bankruptcies in places like Detroit, Puerto Rico and the California cities of ...

Amid intense focus on AI and a flurry of consumer privacy law updates, legislative activity has continued to change data breach notification requirements in a variety of ways. Similar to 2023, a ...

Most large states have dedicated departments or programs in place designed to find out-of-state companies that have done business in their state but have not paid the required taxes. While that has ...