Elizabeth McNichol
Areas of Expertise: State Budget and Tax
McNichol is a Senior Fellow specializing in state fiscal issues including methods of examining state budget processes and long-term structural reform of state budget and tax systems.
She also works on related issues including trends in state income inequality.
McNichol joined the Center in January 1996. She brings twenty years of experience working on state and local budget and tax issues including six years as director of the Center's State Fiscal Project.
Before coming to the Center, she served as Assistant Research Director of the Service Employees International Union in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, she was a staff member of the Joint Finance Committee for the State of Wisconsin Legislature specializing in property taxes and state aid to local governments.
She holds an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago.
Recent Reports
- Recession Continues to Batter State Budgets; State Responses Could Slow Recovery
- Additional Federal Fiscal Relief Needed to Help States Address Recession’s Impact
- State Taxes On Inherited Wealth Remain Common
- Raising State Income Taxes on High-Income Taxpayers
- Funding For States in Economic Recovery Package Will Close Less Than Half of State Deficits
