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• Jobs Now: States and Cities Need Our Help

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 650
        During an economic crisis like the one we’re in now, the squeeze on state and local budgets is brutal. Even as the revenues that are coming in from citizens and businesses decline, residents’ demands for services and assistance increase. The resulting strain can result in even greater ...
  4 hours ago

• Unions Railroading Florida’s Rail Project

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 504
  Florida is right now at the vanguard of a new railroad project that could bring good news to those that care about solving bloated state budgets, common sense employment laws, and cutting the corruption that comes with unions by pushing for a non-union workforce with its proposed intrastate rail system. And the ...
  15 hours ago

• Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go?

  
  Economix — Authority: 743
  Some charts that help provide the answer.
  2 days ago

• Talkin’ Taxes

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 540
  I don’t blame you if you want to skip reading the following about proposed new taxes. After all, it seems more people these days are reacting to bad financial news like one of my old “bosses” did when I warned him some work event was FUBAR. The man-child blurted “I don’t want to hear about it!” and made ...
  5 days ago

• Report Shows that Raising Taxes in a Recession Does Not Harm a States Economic Performance

  
  The Political Bridge — Authority: 435
  To read more of this report from the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities Download CBPP TABLE 1: ANNUAL ECONOMIC GROWTH BY VARIOUS INDICATORS, 2004-2007. Average Annual Growth Rates Indicator States that Increased Taxes Significantly National Average ...
  5 days ago

• 30 States have Enacted Tax Increases in Response to the Great Recession of 2008-2009

  
  The Political Bridge — Authority: 435
    From the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities In response to the current recession, 30 states this year have enacted tax increases. Another seven states are considering similar measures. This response is consistent with past practices. States often reduce taxes during economic expansions and increase ...
  5 days ago

• Fast Company: Health Care Reform and Budget Cuts Put Future Elder Care on Your Radar Screen…Now More Than Ever

  
  work+life fit, inc. — Authority: 109
  We spent Thanksgiving with my cousin and her husband, who is moving into the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s.  Over three days, I watched in awe as she patiently and lovingly cared for her partner of 23 years even though most of the time he didn’t recognize where he was or whom he was with. Over the past few ...
  1 week ago

• News Flash from Kansas to DC and Wall Street: Financial Turmoil Continues to Hit States Hard

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 727
  Kansas School No. 1 (photo: Denver Pam via Flickr) In a painful, pre-Thanksgiving announcement, Kansas Governor Mark Parkinson laid out the bad news. Revenues are down [pdf] and expenses are up, so he made cuts to the Kansas state budget [pdf]. Again. Said the governor , “The cuts we are making now are to ...
  1 week ago

• State-by-State Projections of Budget Shortfalls

  
  The Political Bridge — Authority: 435
  As shown below, FY 2010 promises to be a tramatic year for state governments and their  leaders. The slow recovery from the great recession will force them to make some very painful decisions. Do the cut more governmental services (which will most likely create more hardships for the states most vulnerable ...
  1 week ago

• 42 States Have Imposed Cuts that Hurt Their Most Vulnerable Citizens (The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities)

  
  The Political Bridge — Authority: 435
  Click CBPP for the accompanying data. AT LEAST 42 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HAVE CUT SERVICES   Public Health (28) Elderly/ Disabled (24 plus DC) K-12 and Early Education (26) Higher Education (35) State Workforce (42 plus DC) Alabama ...
  1 week ago

• Medicaid: Struggling States Need More Help From the Feds

  
  Politics Daily — Authority: 793
  Filed under: Health Care Tucked away in an inner passage of the 1,990-page health care bill passed by the House is a $23.5 billion holiday season gift to states to help them meet the growing costs of Medicaid, which provides medical coverage for the poor. This little-noticed provision is in reality a hidden federal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Florida Ranks High on Most Troubled States List

  
  Search Amelia Island News — Authority: 151
  Florida Ranks High on Most Troubled States List
  2 weeks ago

• Sometimes the Senate is really, really funny

  
  Peter Martin — Authority: 556
  If sad Heres Senator Fielding Thursday setting up a joke. With admirable restraint Senator Wong holds off on delivering the punchline. Enjoy: Senator FIELDING (2.44 pm)— My question is directed to the Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Wong. I refer to the article in The Weekly Times on 11 ...
  2 weeks ago

• Preventing State Budget Crises: Redefining Tax Cuts and Tax Hikes

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 434
  Earlier in the week, David Gamage of UC-Berkeley published a new paper on how state governments can address their recession related budget problems. You can find a section of the abstract below, courtesy of Tax Prof , or download the full PDF at Preventing State Budget Crises: Redefining Tax Cuts ...
  3 weeks ago

• Philadelphia Gives Homeowners a Way to Stay Put

  
  Livinglies's Weblog — Authority: 428
  The real story with real solutions or at least partial solutions. Sheriff Green started all this. Bravo. Now start thinking of all the profits, transfers and records that should have been reported, filed and taxed and the state budget problems will be over. November 18, 2009 Philadelphia Gives Homeowners a Way to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Top 10 States with Budget Disasters

  
  Education & Careers — Authority: 127
  A new study is showing that many states are heading toward an economic disaster. Everyone knows that California is facing a back breaking deficit. The state government decided to try and ease the crisis by increased borrowing but that hasnt worked and they are facing astronomical deficits . This debt will most ...
  3 weeks ago

• State of Desperation

  
  Economix — Authority: 743
  On the budget shortfalls facing states, as they collect shrinking tax revenues amid greater demand for their services.
  3 weeks ago

• Pittsburgh and Providence plan to squeeze college students

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 789
  Filed under: Economy , Media Two cash-strapped cities, Pittsburgh and Providence, have proposed taxing some of their poorest and most vulnerable residents -- college students -- and the local universities are furious. In his recently unveiled 2010 budget proposal, Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl called for ...
  3 weeks ago

• Report Says 10 States Heading Towards Budget Disasters

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 540
  As an Illinois resident, I could not have been more thrilled to hear about a new study that identifies my state, along with nine others, as one that is hurtling towards fiscal disaster. From the Associated Press’ Judy Lin this afternoon: A study released Wednesday warns that nine states are barreling toward an ...
  4 weeks ago

• One mile at a time

  
  The Goat Rope — Authority: 126
  A random animal picture in which Arpad explores his feminine side . The long-running fight over health care reform reached a milestone Saturday as the House of Representatives narrowly passed its version. It has a lot of good features, including a major expansion of Medicaid, a public option, regulations on the ...
  4 weeks ago

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