Municipal Finance Journal

Volume 41, Number 2 and 3 (Fall
Fall 2020
Editor: W. Bartley Hildreth

Editor's Note
James Conant and Bill Simonsen

v-vii

California's Budget in the COVID-19 Era:
A Story in Three Acts
Patrick J. Murphy

1-11

Fiscal Implications of COVID-19 in Connecticut
Mark D. Robbins and Bill Simonsen

13-23

State of Florida Preparation and Initial Response to COVID-19 Recession
Hai (David) Guo and Mark D. Robbins

25-36

Recession Readiness in Georgia:
From the Great Recession to the COVID-19 Recession
Danny Kanso and Thomas P. Lauth

37-48

Illinois's Initial Fiscal Response to the COVID-19 Recession
Beverly S. Bunch

49-59

Making Budget Decisions in the Shadow of the COVID-19 Pandemic:
The Massachusetts Case
Aaron Smith-Walter and Douglas Snow

61-73

The Impacts of COVID-19 on the New York State Budget:
A Preliminary Assessment
Robert Bifulco and Minchin Lewis

75-85

State Budgetary Responses to COVID-19:
The State of Texas
Martin J. Luby and John English

87-101

Virginia Budgeting Before and During the COVID-19 Recession
James K. Conant

103-116

Waiting to Tax:
Washington State's Response to COVID-19
Sharon Kioko and Justin Marlowe

117-130