Updated 11/12/08 Policy Points: States in Trouble Due To Economic Downturn

Updated 11/12/08 Facing Deficits, Many States Are Imposing Cuts That Hurt Vulnerable Residents

Updated 11/12/08 State Budget Problems Worsen

Updated 11/12/08 State Revenues Plummet: July-September Revenue Numbers Are Worst in Years

10/20/08 Iris Lav, Deputy Director, Testifies Before House Budget Committee on State Fiscal Problems

Updated 10/10/08 States Face Two Immediate Financial Issues: Short-Term Borrowing and Big Budget Deficits

Updated 8/5/08 29 States Face Total Budget Shortfall of At Least $48 Billion in 2009

Revised 1/30/08 Senate Rebate Proposal Targets More Funds to Low-Income Households, Boosting Stimulus Impact

12/18/07 14 States Face Total Budget Shortfall of at Least $29 Billion in 2009; 12 Others Expect Budget Problems

8/9/07 Statement by Nicholas Johnson on the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Survey of Fiscal Conditions

7/31/07 State Expenditure Growth Slowing

Revised 11/8/06 State Budgets: On the Edge?

10/10/06 Tax Cuts on Layaway: The Short– and Long-term Fiscal Implications of 2006 State Tax Actions

4/25/06 A “Super” Bad Idea: Requiring a Two-thirds Legislative Supermajority to Raise Taxes Protects Special Interest Tax Breaks and Gives Budget Veto Power to a Small Minority of Legislators

3/6/06 Revisiting State Tax Preferences for Seniors » press release

5/17/05 Faulty Foundations: State Structural Budget Problems and How to Fix Them » press release » state-by-state fact sheets

1/12/05 Tax Cuts and Consequences: The States That Cut Taxes the Most During the 1990s Have Suffered Lately » press release