LFC unveils interactive county finance tool showing sharp rise in fund balances

Sep 25, 2025

LFC evaluators presented a new interactive report and evaluation brief that converts local government audit data into comparative dashboards, finding aggregate county governmental fund balances rose roughly 140% from FY18 to FY24 and cautioning some counties show declining liquidity ratios.

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The Legislative Finance Committee on Tuesday heard a walkthrough of a new LFC evaluation brief and interactive web tool that pulls local government audit data (FY18–FY24) into a searchable, comparative dashboard intended to help legislators and local officials assess fiscal health.

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