The Financial State of the Cities Report: A Conversation with Mark Funkhouser, President of Funkhouser & Associates

February 15, 2024

Set against the backdrop of the Financial State of the Cities report, this educational conversation aims to dive into the fiscal condition of the 75 largest cities nationwide. 

Do the SEC Antifraud Provisions Apply to Municipal Securities?

July 21, 2022

A February 2020 SEC staff legal bulletin notes that “Market participants have raised questions about the application of the antifraud provisions to statements of municipal issuers....” This session of the NJCPA Governmental Accounting & Auditing Conference will review the bulletin in conjunction with statements that have been made by government officials, including those elected, balanced budgets, surpluses and their governments’ finances. Click here for more information.

Ask the Experts: Cities' Finances: A Game of Hide-N-Seek

May 24, 2022

To understand a city’s financial condition citizens have to play an impossible game of hide and seek. Comparing one city’s finances to other cities can be like comparing apples and oranges. Patrick Tuohey, Better Cities policy director, was our expert, when we discussed how much taxpayers are on the hook for their city government and underlying governments, like school districts and transit authorities, based upon Truth in Accounting's City Combined Taxpayer Burden report.

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Bad Accounting Leads to Bad Decisions

April 28, 2022

Thursday, April 28, Sheila Weinberg, Truth in Accounting founder & CEO, will be a speaker at the Southwest Virginia Chapter of the Association of Government Accountants Spring Professional Development Training.

Ask the Experts: The Financial State of the Union: Not a Pretty Picture

March 15, 2022

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Join us on Tuesday, March 15 at 11:30 CT an Ask the Experts webinar. We will discuss Truth in Accounting's most recent Financial State of the Union report tand the Financial Report of the US Government with our special guest, Chuck Chokel, TIA Board Member and former co-CEO of Progressive Corp.

Rich Cities, Poor Cities:

March 7, 2022

Monday March 7, noon to 1:00 pm EST Sheila Weinberg, Truth in Accounting founder & CEO, will review the Financial State of North Carolina and discuss the relationship between the state's debt and claims of surpluses.

Ask the Experts: Federal Bailout for cities: Helping or hurting?

February 3, 2022

Join us on Thursday, Feb. 3 at 11:30 am CT for an Ask the Experts webinar. Are federal bailouts helping or hurting cities? We will discuss Truth in Accounting's most recent Financial State of the Cities report with our special guest, Liz Farmer, an expert on municipal finance.

Chicago: "Government Finances: Liquidity, Solvency, & the Power to Tax"

January 5, 2022

Please join AIER's Bastiat Society program in Chicago for an in-person event with Bill Bergman, Director of Research for Truth in Accounting. 

Ask the Experts: Can we have accountability without transparency?

November 18, 2021

Watch our latest Ask the Experts webinar. Can we have accountability without transparency? We discussed all things government transparency with our special guest, Adam Andrzejewski, CEO and founder of OpenTheBooks.com

Ask the Experts: Congress' limitless credit card - Social Security and the debt limit

October 14, 2021

Watch our latest Ask the Experts webinar. Did Congress just give itself a limitless credit card? We discussed the debt limit and Social Security with our special guest, Chuck Chokel, Truth in Accounting board member and former co-CEO of Progressive Insurance.

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