California Gets Another Budget Deficit Shock
2/24/24
Whose Money Is It Anyway?
1/27/23
Say Goodbye to Hollywood
12/20/22
Newsom's plan for free gas cards will drive prices, inflation even higher, expert warns
3/26/22
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is first to sign gas tax relief bill
3/22/22
City of Brady Sends Back $1.3 Million in Coronavirus Funding to Avoid Federal Government Strings Attached
11/1/21
Come Home
7/19/21
North Carolina Showing the Way
7/9/21
Governor Abbott Announces Special Session Agenda
7/7/21
Americans are leaving unemployment rolls more quickly in states cutting off benefits
6/29/21
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sets July 8 date for special legislative session on voting bill, other issues
6/23/21
Costly & unnecessary tax breaks not renewed
6/7/21
Texas Cracking Down
5/25/21
Leaving California
3/19/21
COVID Relief is the Wrong Place for Surprise Billing
12/19/20
People And Voters Leaving As Democrat-run San Francisco Crumbles
10/12/20
The Democratic State Budget Scare
9/1/20
Debt Crisis Looms For Big Labor-Ruled States
8/31/20
Exodus
8/28/20
Texas' Looming Deficit
7/27/20
Who Needs Cities When We All Work From Home?
6/8/20
Cuomo Threatens to Fire Cops and Firemen
5/18/20
Bailout Blues
5/5/20
As Citizens Try To Scrape By During Pandemic, Dem Mayor Tries 32% Property Tax Hike
5/2/20
Trump asks why taxpayers should help bail out blue states
4/29/20
Texas To Start Reopening For Business On Friday
4/28/20
McConnell says Senate 'not interested' in sending money to states trying to 'take advantage' of coronavirus
4/22/20
The Turtle Tells the States to File for Bankruptcy
4/22/20
Bailing Out The Wrong Boat
3/31/20
Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant
2/8/20
High Cost of Living
2/4/20
Bang for the Buck
1/6/20
In California, New Year Brings New Regulations for Businesses
1/1/20
A Complicated Debate: Have States Been Disinvesting in Higher Education?
12/6/19
More people leaving New York City than any other city in the nation?
9/6/19
Miracles Can Happen—Everywhere
8/13/19
Raise You
7/7/19
A Salt and Battery
6/28/19
Restoring Responsible Government by Cutting Federal Aid to the States
6/22/19
Liberals Are Fleeing the High-Tax Cities They Created
3/22/19
On the Cusp of Catastrophe, California Has No Margin for Error
3/10/19
Times Square Billboard Slams Socialist Hero Ocasio-Cortez
2/20/19
Millions more reasons to love Texas, but some reason for fear
1/22/19
The Shape of Things to Come
1/14/19
You Don't Say
1/7/19
Secrecy
11/28/18
How a Supreme Court ruling could change your online gift bill this year
11/27/18
The Wrong Direction
10/30/18
Billion Dollar Bond
8/16/18
Liberal Cities Falling Apart
5/2/18
Failed State
3/1/18
President Trump addresses US mayors at the White House
1/25/18
Unfunded Liabilities and Debt Will Destroy Hartford, Connecticut & the Country
12/12/17
Does New Jersey’s Next Governor Want to Live in Connecticut?
10/18/17
Are public pensions really “bulletproof”?
10/18/16
Localities Opt for Less Debt Over New Infrastructure
8/8/16
Michigan gov asks Obama to declare Flint water crisis a disaster
1/15/16
When Progressives Overrule Voters
1/4/16
States’ Pension Woes Split Democrats and Union Allies
12/30/15
Financial State of the States
9/28/15
Reforming Public Pensions
9/22/15
Public Pension Funds Roll Back Return Targets
9/5/15
Vermont's Soft Drink Tax Is a Nightmare for Small Business
9/3/15
New Tax Package in Nevada
6/10/15
Illinois' Wishy-Washy Taxes
6/3/15
Kansas High Court Rules Legislature Underfunded Poor School Districts
4/24/15
The Burden of Pension Costs on California Municipalities
3/25/15
Key Points in Texas Governor Abbott's Budget Reforms
3/3/15
States Are Better Prepared to Manage Federal Lands
2/24/15
The Best States to Find a Job
2/17/15
Getting Rid of the Federal Gas Tax
2/5/15
Which States Rely the Most on Federal Aid?
1/12/15
Not All Income Tax-Free States Are Alike
12/16/14
LA District Purchases iPads, Chromebooks and Laptops for Students
12/4/14
State Unfunded Pension Liabilities at $4.7 Trillion
11/19/14
Facing High Taxes, New Jersey Residents Want to Leave
11/17/14
Texas Outperforms Other States Due To Policies of Growth
11/16/14
Tennessee Voters to Decide Whether to Ban an Income Tax
11/3/14
Judge Rules Pensions Can Be Cut During Bankruptcy
10/8/14
Philadelphia Schools Cancel Teachers Union Contract
10/7/14
Big cities benefit from free trade—so why are Democrats stalling it?
9/26/14
In Rhode Island, Democratic Primary Is Pension Referendum
9/9/14
What percent of residents want to move out of your state?
9/4/14
Problems With The Marketplace Fairness Act
8/20/14
Misleading Info in Phoenix Pension Debate
8/20/14
Why Liberals Hate Kansas
7/31/14
Solving Social Problems with Pay-For-Success Contracts
7/29/14
California: Overprotecting Public Employee Pensions
7/21/14
The Problem of Taxing Online Sales
7/17/14
Do Higher State Taxes Hurt the Economy?
7/15/14
California Should Learn from Texas' Example
7/9/14
Changes in Pension Plan Funding
6/21/14
Which U.S. Cities Are Leading the Recovery?
6/18/14
Assessing the Effectiveness of the Cash-for-Clunkers Program in California
6/18/14
The State of Estate and Inheritance Taxes in 2014
6/3/14
Residents and Businesses Flee California
5/30/14
States Pass "Amazon Taxes"
5/9/14
Which State Taxes Provide the Best Return on Investment?
5/8/14
Texas to Pay $10,000 for Each Toyota Job
4/29/14
Tax Reform in New York
4/22/14
Public Pension Millionaires
3/27/14
San Jose's Pension Reforms: A Case Study
3/17/14
Congress Considers Lifting Toll Ban
3/7/14
In San Jose, generous pensions for city workers come at expense of nearly all else
2/26/14
Union-Funded Study Understates Public Pension Costs
2/10/14
U.S. States $5 Trillion in Debt
2/1/14
Pension Reform in Rhode Island
1/28/14
Which States Will Generate Jobs in 2014?
1/8/14
The Hidden Danger in Public Pension Funds
12/30/13
ObamaCare created a Medicaid time bomb
12/8/13
Combating Crowd-Out
11/12/13
Public Pension Crisis: Blame the Lawmakers
11/8/13
Texas ... Gold standard, or fool’s gold?
11/4/13
U.S. Cities Grapple with Finances
10/29/13
25 States, Unfortunately, Expand Medicaid
10/29/13
Obama and Reagan Agree: Divest the Tennessee Valley Authority
10/17/13
When Liberals Run Cities
10/16/13
Save $133K - $1M by moving to Texas from CA
9/30/13
Taxation Across the United States in 2013
9/5/13
Public Take Over of Private Water Companies
8/26/13
States Need Private Investment in Roads
8/22/13
States Scramble to Drive Down Medicaid Drug Costs
8/15/13
Detroit Shows How Cities Can Shakedown ObamaCare
8/13/13
County Employees Make More than the Residents They Serve
8/13/13
States Are Stepping Up on Transportation Policy
8/7/13
Light-Rail to Nowhere
8/7/13
Cities Starting to Hire New Workers
8/5/13
19 U.S. Cities Have Proportionately Bigger Workforces than Bankrupted Detroit
7/30/13
Detroit Is Dead. Long Live Oakland County
7/28/13
What Caused Detroit’s Bankruptcy? Big-Government Liberalism
7/24/13
Detroit bankruptcy could hit millions of retirees
7/23/13
Detroit files for largest municipal bankruptcy in US history
7/18/13
Businesses Should Fear States' Pension Debts
7/16/13
Why Money and Jobs Are Coming to Texas
7/13/13
Differential Tuition Pricing Could Help Universities
7/12/13
Cost of Public Projects Is Rising -- Pain Will Be Felt for Years
7/9/13
Troubled Cities See Exchanges as Way to Unload Retirees
7/9/13
Pension Deal Again Proves Elusive in Illinois
6/3/13
States: 'Blindsided' by plan to shift costs of 'uninsurables' to them under ObamaCare
5/4/13
States Show Folly of Energy Mandates
4/9/13
Judge allows California city to enter bankruptcy, largest municipality to go bust
4/1/13
States Cooling to Renewable Energy
3/30/13
Medicaid Expansion Is the Wrong Move
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3/14/13:
SEC Says Illinois Hid Pension Troubles.
3/12/13
Tax Relief for Child Care Should Be Maintained.
3/6/13
Public Expenditure Fails to Improve Labor Productivity.
2/20/13
State and Local Tax Rates in 2013.
2/15/13
Nine Fallacies Used to Defend Public-Sector Pensions.
2/14/13
Sin Taxes: A Questionable Source of Revenue
2/12/13
Study Shows Tax Breaks Are Inefficient
2/6/13
Republican governors' plans for no state income tax lauded, criticized
Gasoline Taxes and Tolls Pay for Only a Third of State & Local Road Spending
California Leads U.S. Pay Giveaway
1/3/13
Higher Gas Tax Unlikely to Gain Support in U.S. Congress
12/5/12
Five States that Residents Are Fleeing
12/5/12
The EPA vs. State Economies
11/30/12
America's Most Competitive Metros Since 2010
11/14/12
California Voters Approve Higher Taxes
11/8/12
Annual State-Local Tax Burden Ranking
10/31/12
The Great California Exodus
10/3/12
Pension Woe Mounts As States Forsake Reform
9/21/12
Best Practices for Reforming State Employee Pensions
9/19/12
Cities' Revenue Keeps Shrinking
9/19/12
The State Gambling Addiction
8/28/12
How the States Would Be Affected by Extension of the Bush Tax Cuts and Other Provisions
8/28/12
California's Boom Masks State's Uneven Recovery
8/21/12
Illinois to Spend More on Pensions than on Education
8/14/12
Report of the State Budget Crisis Task Force
7/28/12
Reforms to Occupational Licensing Laws to Increase Jobs and Lower Costs
7/25/12
Trend No. 1: "Millionaires' Taxes"
7/2/12
Trend No. 3: Corporate Tax Reductions
6/27/12
Trend No. 4: Sales Tax Increases
6/27/12
State Tax Trend No. 5
6/25/12
States Face Pressure on Pension Shortfalls
6/23/12
State Tax Trend No. 6: Tax Abolition
6/22/12
Impact of Immigration on local and state taxpayers
May, 2012
States Unfunded retirement promises
5/2/12
States Without Income Taxes
5/1/12
A Tax Windfall From the Housing Bust
4/30/12
States Mine Federal Funds
4/18/12
The biggest jackpot winner is your state
3/22/12
Unfunded Retiree Benefits Grow for States
3/16/12
States Keep Axes Sharpened
3/19/12
Jobless Rates Decline in Key States
3/13/12
California's Greek Tragedy
3/13/12