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State Budget Cuts in the New Fiscal Year Are Unnecessarily Harmful
Updated July 28, 2011
The cumulative effect of four consecutive years of lagging revenues has led to budget-cutting of historic proportions. An analysis of newly enacted state budgets shows that budget cuts will hit education, health care, and other state-funded services harder in the 2012 fiscal year – which started July 1, 2011 – than … -
New Fiscal Year Brings Further Budget Cuts to Most States, Slowing Economic Recovery
June 28, 2011
States have enacted deep cuts in education, health care, and other important public services in their budgets for fiscal year 2012 (which begins July 1 in most states). It is the fourth year in a row of budget-cutting for states, and the 2012 cuts are deeper than in past years. Of the 32 states that have enacted budgets, as … -
An Arizona “TABOR” Would Endanger Education, Public Safety, and Infrastructure
April 19, 2011
The Arizona legislature is considering a new, very rigid limit on state spending. The limit would closely resemble a Colorado limitation known as the Taxpayer Bill of Rights or TABOR. An Arizona TABOR would make it very difficult for future Arizona legislatures and governors to meet the state’s obligations in … -
A Hand Up: How State Earned Income Tax Credits Help Working Families Escape Poverty in 2011
April 18, 2011
Summary The federal Earned Income Tax Credit, which began in 1975 and has been expanded several times since then, is often heralded as the most effective anti-poverty program in the United States, particularly for children in working families. In 2009 alone, it lifted 6.5 million working families, including 3.3 million children, out … -
Podcast: Governors' Budgets Proposals: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
April 5, 2011
Erica Williams, Policy Analyst with the Center’s State Fiscal Project discusses how proposed budgets put forth by many governors would greatly harm their states residents.
Duration: 3:17
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Governors are Proposing Further Deep Cuts in Services, Likely Harming Their Economies
Updated March 21, 2011
All of the 48 states releasing initial budget proposals for fiscal year 2012 (which begins July 1 in most states) have done so, and for the fourth year in a row, these budgets propose deep cuts in education, health care, and other important public services — in many cases, deeper than previous cuts. [1] These cuts will delay the … -
Florida “TABOR” Proposal SJR 958 Would Endanger Education, Public Safety, and Infrastructure
Updated February 22, 2011
The Florida legislature is considering a TABOR proposal, SJR 958, to limit the growth in state revenues by the combined rate of inflation and population growth. The measure would: Immediately and over the long term raise Florida’s cost of borrowing to invest in infrastructure, costing the state potentially tens of … -
An Update on State Budget Cuts
Updated February 9, 2011
See the following reports for more up-to-date data: State Budget Cuts in the New Fiscal Year Are Unnecessarily Harmful, July 28, 2011 New School Year Brings Steep Cuts in State Funding for Schools, October 7, 2011 With tax revenue still declining as a result of the recession and budget reserves largely drained, the vast majority of states have …
