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Right-Wing Pushes Costly and Inefficient Prison Privatization Schemes
Apr 28, 2011
This session, right-wing officials have been peddling costly, inefficient, and socially damaging prison privatization schemes. Several states, including Louisiana, Florida, and Ohio, have considered proposals to hand over the operation and management of prisons to private entities. -
The Federal Government Shutdown: How It May Impact The States
Apr 07, 2011
As the prospect of a federal government shutdown looms in Washington D.C., states are nervously preparing for the impact it could have on their already strapped budgets and their fragile economic recoveries. -
States Look to Make Spending More Accountable
Mar 31, 2011
In early March, New Mexico progressives achieved a notable victory after the state legislature approved SB47, a bill to develop an annual tax expenditure budget, to accurately assess how much the state spends on tax breaks for various industries and companies. The bill's movement is complimented... -
New Report Highlights the Importance of Transparency and Accountability in State Budgets
Dec 16, 2010
The precarious economic and fiscal circumstances states confront merit a more detailed and scrupulous review of spending on economic development subsidies. Near double-digit unemployment, massive revenue shortfalls, and a slow recovery continue to batter state budgets and dim growth prospects. ...
