Topic: Rockefeller Institute of Government
U.S. state tax collections rose 6.1 percent from July to September, the seventh straight quarter of growth, and now exceed pre-recession levels...
The U.S. unemployment rate inched up over the last month, going from 9.1 percent to 9.2 percent.Things are even worse at the state and local...
0 . The best hiring stretch in five years is helping governors and legislators narrow state budget gaps after two of the toughest years in decades ...
State legislators are going to be tempted to follow the dictate of that fiscal expert Mae West who famously opined that "too much of a good thing...
The Pew Center on the States and the Rockefeller Institute of Government have released a report which says that states overestimated the amount of...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - State tax revenues continued to strengthen at the end of 2010, but even with that improvement the long-term outlook for most states "is still ominous," the Rockefeller Institute of Government said in a report released on Tuesday."State fiscal recovery ...
If Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo holds true to his word, New York is on the verge of spending cuts that will ripple through state and local governments...
Both headline statements are true, depending on which state you're talking about.Total state and local government tax revenue increased slightly...
For months now, there's been considerable debate about whether the U.S. economy is on the road to recovery.. Bears -- like me -- note the persistent negative sentiment on Main Street and in many corporate boardrooms, the steady increase in foreclosures, personal ...
Income tax collections plunge 26 percent in early 2009, eroding state budgetsState personal income tax collections dropped 26 percent nationwide through first four months of this year compared with a year ago, putting many states' already-shaky budgets into deeper trouble, a research ...