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Mar 22, 2007
Treating teenagers like adults in the criminal justice system, especially for youth charged with non-violent crimes, is a recipe for crippling young lives without increasing public safety.  This is the conclusion of a wide-ranging report by The Campaign for Youth Justice, which also highlights which states promote the best and worst practices in dealing with teenage offenders.
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EDR, Paid Sick Days, Transportation Privatization, Economic Snapshot, Head Start
Mar 15, 2007

 

Want the simplest way to expand voter turnout?  Enact Election Day Registration (EDR), which increases turnout by 10 to 12 percentage points, according to a new report by Demos, which highlighted how widely successful EDR was in states that used it in the 2006 election.

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Research Roundup
Mar 08, 2007
A major report (large PDF) by the bi-partisan Commission on the National Guard and Reserves bolsters criticisms by states that the Iraq war has led to neglect of the domestic mission of the National Guard and that coordination with states has been lacking.  The report recommends reforms to put a higher priority on domestic missions and increase the influence of governors over National Guard deployments.
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SCHIP Funding, Service Jobs Overseas, Poverty Statistics, EITC Payments, Minimum Wage, Corporate Subsidies
Mar 01, 2007

An analysis by the Center for Budget & Policy Priorities find that the President's budget provides less than half the funds states need to maintain SCHIP enrollment-- and erects fiscal incentives for states to cease providing SCHIP to many children and low-income parents.

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Research Roundup
Feb 15, 2007
A new Urban Institute study finds that while the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has signed up close to 70 percent of its target population, 1.8 million eligible children nationwide are still not enrolled and new federal funding is needed to meet that goal.
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Immigrant Entrepreneurs, Youth Justice, Elder Care, Energy Efficiency, and Living Wages
Feb 08, 2007

From New York to Los Angeles, new immigrant entrepreneurs have emerged as key engines of urban growth, according to the Center for an Urban Future, with first generation immigrants creating a massive number of new businesses in these communities.

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Tax Breaks and Economic Development, Prisoner Release, Medical Debt, Minimum Wage, and EITC
Jan 25, 2007
Reinforcing CFED's message that tax breaks are a poor road to state economic growth, a report commissioned by Kentucky's state government finds that tax breaks hadn't produced the number of new jobs state officials had previously claimed, while workforce training programs were far more cost-effective in creating new jobs
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State of Health Care Reform, Tax Subsidies
Jan 18, 2007
A new "State of the States" report by State Coverage Initiatives, a program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation surveys recent state efforts to expand health insurance coverage. Rising hopes bode well for additional reforms in other states, but the report cautions that because of variations in each state, particular reforms are not always easily replicable in other states.
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