City & Town Newsletters

This article explains how a temporary loan principal paydown is calculated using three examples.

This article reviews the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission's (PERAC) 2023 report and discusses important indicators for the financial health of each retirement system.

This article reviews the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission's (PERAC) 2024 report and discusses important indicators for the financial health of each retirement system.

In this article, Senior Deputy Commissioner Sean Cronin provides a glimpse into the metrics DLS uses to track progress both during and at the conclusion of the tax rate-setting season. It provides helpful data, context and resources that benefit local officials as they review their previous processes and prepare for the future.

In this article, Senior Deputy Commissioner Sean Cronin provides a glimpse into the metrics DLS uses to track progress both during and at the conclusion of the tax rate-setting season. It provides helpful data, context and resources that benefit local officials as they review their previous processes and prepare for the future.

This article examines two factors that can negatively affect the amount of free cash certified: deficit fund balances (commonly referred to as “hits” to free cash) and overlay.

This article reviews and analyzes data as it relates to a previously published City & Town piece on the Motor Vehicle Excise tax. It provides historical statewide information over the past two decades.

This article focuses on municipal debt, providing a statewide overview of trends in debt since the end of the Great Recession (December 2007 to June 2009) through June 30, 2025.

This article serves as an overview of the motor vehicle excise process and provides helpful resources and tools for local officials, particularly local assessors.

This article is part of the 2026 New Officials edition. In it, the Bureau of Local Payments provides a helpful introduction to resources local officials to can use to follow state aid proposals throughout the budget process and track payments to local entities throughout the year.