Federal debt hits $23 trillion

https://thehill.com/policy/finance/468600-us-debt-surpasses-23-trillion-for-first-time U.S. National Debt rising at speedy rate since Trump took office - 10 months ago it hit 22 trillion. Interest costs alone annually are $376 billion.

CAF taxonomy

https://www.truthinaccounting.org/news/detail/xbrl-us-2nd-release-of-cafr-taxonomy-for-municipal-reporting-in-public-exposure-review

Rhode Island consulting project awry

https://goingconcern.com/rhode-island-is-still-holding-a-grudge-against-deloitte/

Fines and general revenue

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/08/addicted-to-fines.html

U.S. debt and financial reporting

USA Debt Clock --- http://www.usdebtclock.org/ https://www.truthinaccounting.org/ Financial State of the Union --- https://www.truthinaccounting.org/news/detail/financial-state-of-the-union

FASB extends GAAP alternatives to NFPs

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2019/may/fasb-gaap-alternatives-not-for-profits-201921358.html

New developments in UBIT

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/podcast/ubit-for-not-for-profits.html

UBIT for nonprofits

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/podcast/ubit-for-not-for-profits.html

State and Local Legal Center

https://www.statelocallc.org/
The State and Local Legal Center (SLLC) is a resource to states and local governments on the Supreme Court. Webinars, briefs, and other resources can be found here. Thanks to GFOA for this recommendation.

Illinois road repairs

http://www.nprillinois.org/post/neglect-local-roads-growing-say-county-engineers#stream/0

Getting better fiscal accountability - Canadian municipalities

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3300969##

Canadian municipal financial reports

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3283947##

State revenues and expenditures

https://www.taxpolicycenter.org/statistics/state

US Public Interest Research Group

https://uspirg.org/sites/pirg/files/reports/FtM%20NATIONAL%20FINAL%20VERSION_0.pdf U.S. Public Interest Research Group - fiscal transparency reports