05.19.22
Special Briefing Series Archive: The Impact of COVID-19 on the Fiscal Outlook for State and Local Governments
Upcoming Special Briefing - July 21
Special Briefing on Vulnerable Cities Facing Work from Home Realities
June 23, 2022
Special Briefing on States Cutting Taxes: Relief Now, Shortfalls Later?
- Alex Adams, budget director, Idaho
- Beverly S. Bunch, professor, School of Public Management and Policy, University of Illinois Springfield
- Howard Cure, partner and director of municipal bond research, Evercore Wealth Management
- Shelby Kerns, executive director, National Association of State Budget Officers
May 19, 2022
Special Briefing on the Deployment of the $1 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act by States and Localities
- Lauren Larson, Colorado Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting
- Mayor Jorge Elorza, City of Providence
- Larry Parks, Forethought Advisors
- Patrick Brett, Citi Municipal Debt Capital Markets
April 21, 2022
Special Briefing on Inflation and Recession Risks for States and Cities
- Welcoming Remarks: Chair Jerome H. Powell, Federal Reserve System Board of Governors
- Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics
- Matt Gress, Arizona Governor's Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting
- Natalie Cohen, National Municipal Research
- Les Richmond, Build America Mutual Assurance
March 17, 2022
Special Briefing on Work from Home: What it Means for State and Local Economies and Revenues
- Jose Maria Barrero, Instituto Tecnològico Autònomo de Mèxico
- Howard Chernick, Hunter College, CUNY
- Ally Schweitzer, WAMU
- Anthony Williams, Washington, D.C.
February 17, 2022
Special Briefing on New York City: New Mayor, Federal Aid, Challenges to Recovery
- Ronnie Lowenstein, New York City Independent Budget Office
- Ray McGuire, Citigroup
- Richard Ravitch, former Lieutenant Governor, New York
- Kathryn Wylde, Partnership for New York City
January 20, 2022
Special Briefing: 2022 Outlook for States and Cities
- Lucy Dadayan, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center
- Larry Johnson, Dekalb County, GA
- Eric Kim, Fitch Ratings
- Torsten Slok, Apollo Global Management
- Mark M. Zandi, Moody's Analytics
December 16, 2021
Special Briefing on State and City Spending of Federal Infrastructure Funds
- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-OR
- Patrick Brett, Citi
- David Glick, Boston University
- Controller Rebecca Rhynhart, City of Philadelphia
November 18, 2021
Special Briefing on Climate Change, Federal Aid, and State and Local Strategies
- Tim Coffin, Breckinridge Capital Advisors
- Hughey Newsome, Wayne County, MI
- Emily Robare, PIMCO Municipals
- Nora Wittstruck, S&P Global Ratings
October 21, 2021
Special Briefing on the Biden Infrastructure Plan: Unmet Needs and State of Play
- Carolyn Coleman, League of California Cities
- Andy Haughwout, Household and Regional in the Research and Statistics Group
- Annie Linskey, Washington Post
- Torsten Slok, Apollo Global Management
September 23, 2021
Special Briefing on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: Clean Water, better Broadband, Resilience, and Equity
- Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Newark, NJ
- Kathryn de Wit, Pew Trusts
- Thomas Hazlett, Clemson University
- Howard Neukrug, Philadelphia Water (former)
July 15, 2021
Special Briefing on the Biden Infrastructure Plan: Resilience, Equity, and Federal Investment
- Governor Brad Little, Idaho
- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, Georgia
- Laura Curran, Nassau County
- Thomas Doe, Municipal Market Analytics
June 17, 2021
Special Briefing on COVID-19, the American Rescue Plan, and 2022 State and Local Budgets
- Shelby Kerns, NASBO
- Hughey Newsome, Wayne County, MI
- Mayor Kim Norton, Rochester, MN
- Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics
May 20, 2021
Special Briefing on the $2.3 Trillion American Jobs Plan and State and Local Infrastructure Needs
- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, Oregon
- Marc Morial, National Urban League
- Robert Poole, Reason Foundation
- Richard Ravitch, retired attorney, businessman, public official
- Polly Trottenberg, US Deputy Secretary of Transportation
April 15, 2021
Special Briefing on State Budgeting, the COVID-19 Recession, and What Comes Next
- Erica MacKellar, National Conference of State Legislatures
- Gabriel Petek, Legislative Analyst
- Juliette Tennert, Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
- Lisa Washburn, Municipal Market Analytics
February 11, 2021
Special Briefing on the COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout and the Impact on States and Municipalities
- Greg Brown, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise
- Matthew D. Chase, National Association of Counties
- Toluse “Tolu” Olorunnipa, Washington Post
- Torsten Slok, Apollo Global Management
January 14, 2021
Special Briefing on the Year Ahead for States and Municipalities
- Shelby Kerns, National Association of State Budget Officers
- Eric Kim, Fitch Ratings
- Vikram Rai, Citi
- Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics
December 10, 2020
Special Briefing on Working with the Cares Act and What May Come Next
- Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-GA
- Julie Demuth, Pierce County, WA
- Mark Funkhouser, Funkhouser & Associates
- Fitzroy Lee, Office of the Chief Financial Officer
- Brandom McComas, Peter G. Peterson Foundation
- Richard Ravitch, retired attorney, businessman, public official
November 19, 2020
Special Briefing on Assuring Public Worker Retirement Security Amid COVID-19 Fiscal Stress
- Donald J. Boyd, State and Local Government Finance Project, University of Albany
- David G. Lenze, US Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Timothy Little, S&P Global Ratings
- Stephanie A. Miner, former Mayor of Syracuse, NY
- Herman B. Santos, Los Angeles County Employees Retirement System
October 15, 2020
Special Briefing on State and Local Infrastructure Spending Cutbacks Amid the COVID-19 Recession
- Alison Premo Black, PhD, American Road & Transportation Builders Association
- Norman E. Brown, New York State Council of Machinists
- Howard Cure, Evercore Wealth Management
- Robert Poole, Reason Foundation
September 10, 2020
Special Briefing on Fiscal and Operational Priorities for Cities in the COVID Crisis Era
- Linda J. Bilmes, Harvard University
- Andrew Reschovsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Bill Lucia, Route Fifty
- Andrew Rein, Citizens Budget Commission of New York
July 16, 2020
Special Briefing on How Cities and Counties Are Coping with COVID-19's Fiscal Shock
- Natalie Cohen, National Municipal Research
- Elizabeth Kellar, International City/County Management Association
- Chuck Reed, Hopkins & Carley
June 25, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19: Unemployment, and State and Local Fiscal Consequences
- Timothy J. Bartik, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
- Matt Fabian, Municipal Market Analytics
- Marcia Van Wagner, Moody’s Investor Service
June 18, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19, State and Local Fiscal Stress, and the Politics of Federal Aid
- Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
- Robin Prunty, S&P Global Ratings
- Richard Ravitch, retired attorney, businessman, public official
- Frank H. Shafroth, George Mason University
June 11, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19, the US Economy, and Critical Needs of States and Municipalities
- Austan D. Goolsbee, University of Chicago
- Dan Smith, University of Delaware
- Juliette Tennert, University of Utah
- Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics
June 4, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19 and the Outlook for Cities as State Economies Reopen
- Bruce J. Katz, Nowak Metro Finance Lab
- Stephanie Miner, former Mayor, Syracuse, NY
- Kim Norton, Mayor, Rochester, MN
May 28, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19 and the Funding of Essential Services: Strategies for Generating Cash through Improved Public Asset Management
- Michael A. Nutter, former Mayor, Philadelphia, PA
- Eric Berman, Eide Bailly, LLP
- Michael Imber, Conway MacKenzie, Inc.
May 21, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19 and the Future of US Aid to States, Counties, and Cities after the CARES Act
- Rep. Earl Blumenauer, (D-OR)
- William A. Galston, Brookings Institution Governance Studies Program
May 14, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19 and the Federal Reserve Municipal Liquidity Facility: How $500 Billion in Credit will Bolster America’s States, Counties, and Cities
- Patrick Brett, Citi
- Emily Swenson Brock, Government Finance Officers Association’s Federal Liaison Center
- Peter Hayes, BlackRock
May 7, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19 and Federal Aid to States and Municipalities: Federal Dollars, State and Local Needs
- Bill Haslam, former Governor of Tennessee
- Robert P. Inman, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Stephen Klein, Vermont Legislature’s Joint Fiscal Office
- Joe Torsella, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
April 30, 2020
Special Briefing on COVID-19 and the Fiscal Outlook for US Cities: Strategies for Survival and Recovery
- Shirley Clarke Franklin, former Mayor, Atlanta, GA
- Mary Murphy, Pew Charitable Trusts
- Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Richard Ravitch, retired attorney, businessman, public official
April 23, 2020
Special Briefing on Stress-Testing State Budgets and the Critical Role of Rainy Day Funds
- Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene, Barrett & Greene, Inc.
- Scott Pattison, University of Ottawa
- Dan White, Moody’s Analytics
April 16, 2020
Special Briefing on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Fiscal Outlook of State and Local Governments
- Thomas W. Ross, the Volcker Alliance
- Richard Ravitch, retired attorney, businessman, public official
- Matt Fabian, Municipal Market Analytics
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