Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Center analyzes state budget issues including multi-state trends, the adequacy and equity of tax policies, structural budget issues, and budget transparency.

More Than Half of States Face Budget Problems

At least twenty-eight states, including several of the nation’s largest, faced or are facing shortfalls in their fiscal year 2009 budgets."
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States Imposing Cuts That Hurt Vulnerable Residents

Policy Points: Four Helpful Hints for States Dealing With Deficits

Fiscal Stimulus at the State Level?

Income Tax Surcharges Can Help States Close Budget Gaps

It’s Time for Many States To Use Their Rainy Day Funds

States Still Granting Net Operating Loss "Carryback" Deductions Should Eliminate Them

How States Can Avoid Revenue Loss From Federal Stimulus

Budget Cuts or Tax Increases at the State Level: Which is Preferable During an Economic Downturn?

States Are Hit Hard by Economic Downturn
The Washington Post - March 31, 2008

Some analysts worry that the impact [of state budget cuts] is being felt disproportionately by the most needy.

'It's disappointing, the extent they tend to focus their cuts on the most vulnerable,' said Iris J. Lav , deputy director of the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal think tank that monitors state budget issues. 'It does appear to disproportionately affect low-income people.'"
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TABOR is a state constitutional amendment that limits the growth of revenues or expenditures to a highly restrictive formula- the annual change in population plus inflation- and requires voter approval to override the revenue or spending limits.

The Center also works with states and state nonprofit organizations to develop responsible budget and tax policies that take the needs of low-income families into account. The Center helps build the capacity of State Fiscal Analysis Initiative organizations and other state nonprofit organizations to provide reliable analysis on fiscal policy and budget priorities in their states.

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