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April - June 2010 News Stories
“Munis Underperform Treasuries With Default Concern Raising Risk Premium”
[PDF]Darrell Preston, Bloomberg.com, June 30, 2010.
“State Government Revenue Rises for First Time Since 2008, U.S. Census Says”
[PDF]William Selway, Bloomberg.com, June 29, 2010.
“States' Budget Woes Only A 'Modest' Drag, San Francisco Fed Report Says”
[PDF]Michael S. Derby, The Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics Blog, June 28, 2010.
“What Washington Giveth, the States Taketh Away”
[PDF]Avenging Angel, Daily Kos, June 28, 2010.
“A useful suggestion”
[PDF]The Buffalo News, Buffalo, NY, June 26, 2010.
“States Plan for Massive Layoffs As Jobs Bill Fails in the Senate”
[PDF]magic3400, Daily Kos, June 26, 2010.
“U.S. counties, towns seen slicing school budgets”
[PDF]Reuters, June 25, 2010.
“Economic Recovery Still Eluding State Coffers”
[PDF]National Center for policy Analysis (NCPA), June 25, 2010.
“Oregon seen as example for budget authority”
[PDF]Peter Wong, The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, June 21, 2010.
“Analysis: Gov. Paterson rising, just in time”
[PDF]Michael Gormley, The Associated Press, Staten Island Advance, Staten Island, NY, June 20, 2010.
“Experts: One-man budget unacceptable”
[PDF]Nick Reisman, Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, NY, June 20, 2010.
“Would more power for gov help NY budget?”
[PDF]Daniel C. Vock, Stateline.org, June 18, 2010.
“Empower NY governors to shut mid-year deficits: study”
[PDF]Joan Gralla, Reuters, June 17, 2010.
“Report: Broader powers for gov could aid midyear fiscal mess”
[PDF]Casey Seiler, Times Union Capitol Confidential Blog, Albany, NY, June 17, 2010.
“Report: Let Governor Have More Budget Power”
[PDF]Joseph Spector, The Journal News and LoHud.com, White Plains, NY, June 17, 2010.
“Paterson's Strategy Working for Now”
[PDF]Karen DeWitt, WXXI-FM, Rochester, NY, June 17, 2010.
“Empower NY governors to shut mid-year deficits: study”
[PDF]Dave Williams, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Atlanta, GA, June 11, 2010.
“Panel: Lots to learn about health reform”
[PDF]Cathleen F. Crowley, Times Union, Albany, NY, June 10, 2010.
“States begging Congress for $24B Medicaid bailout”
[PDF]Curt Woodward, Associated Press, The Fresno Bee, Fresno, CA, June 9, 2010.
“Report cites need for better oversight of nursing homes”
[PDF]Sara Foss, Schenectady Gazette, Schenectady, NY, June 6, 2010.
“State budgets hitting bottom”
[PDF]Pamela M. Prah, Stateline.org, June 4, 2010.
“States Shrink 'Unaffordable' Benefits to Bridge $1 Trillion Gap”
[PDF]Dunstan McNichol, Bloomberg.com, June 4, 2010.
“Tax Collection in Louisiana Fell Sharply in First Quarter”
[PDF]Michael Cooper, The New York Times, June 3, 2010.
“The Revenue Picture, State by State”
[PDF]Catherine Rampell, The New York Times Economix Blog, June 3, 2010.
“U.S. States Plan More Spending Restraint Amid Curtailed Revenue”
[PDF]Darrell Reston, BusinessWeek, June 3, 2010.
“R.I. has 6th-least government employees”
[PDF]Ted Nesi, Providence Business News, Providence, RI, June 3, 2010.
“Report: New York's tax revenue up $2.3B in 1Q”
[PDF]The Business Review, Albany, NY, June 3, 2010.
“Half a Dozen States Delay Tax Refunds”
[PDF]Michael Cooper, The New York Times, June 2, 2010.
“How States Are Responding to the Financial Squeeze”
[PDF]Robert B. Ward, The New York Times, May 28, 2010.
“Budget gaps lead states to gambling”
[PDF]Erin Roach, Baptist Press, Nashville, TN, May 24, 2010.
“Economic Recovery Still Eluding State Coffers”
[PDF]John W. Skorburg, The Heartland Institute, Chicago, IL, May 24, 2010.
“States' Tax Collections Falter, Widening Budget Gaps”
[PDF]Amy Merrick, The Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2010.
“Coal Taxes Continue to Boost W. Va. Budget”
[PDF]Walt Williams, WOWK-TV, CBS-13, Huntington, WV, May 13, 2010.
“Report: Manufacturing provides 19 percent of region's payroll, $30 billion statewide”
[PDF]Charles McChesney, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, NY, May 12, 2010.
“National gambling revenue off 5.5 percent in '09”
[PDF]Suzette Parmley, Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia, PA, May 8, 2010.
“Illinois Budget Woes Come to a Boil”
[PDF]Amy Merrick, The Wall Street Journal, May 7, 2010.
“Legal battle could delay furloughs”
[PDF]Chris White and Alexandra Field, WRGB-TV, CBS 6, Albany, NY, May 7, 2010.
“Sprouting springtime revenue”
[PDF]Stephen C. Fehr, OStateline.org, May 6, 2010.
“Buffett: GM rescue may mean US can't say no to states”
[PDF]The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia, May 6, 2010.
“Buffett says US would aid states”
[PDF]Jasmie McGee and Darrell Preston, Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, MA, May 6, 2010.
“Furlough still a plan in progress”
[PDF]Rick Karlin, Times Union, Albany, NY, May 6, 2010.
“New York's Ravitch Says Late Payments May Beat Notes”
[PDF]Michael Quint, BusinessWeek, May 5, 2010.
“US tax collections bear bad news for states-report”
[PDF]Lisa Lambert, Reuters, May 4, 2010.
“Budget Cuts May Avert Any 'Blip' in Muni Bankruptcies”
[PDF]Dunstan McNichol, BusinessWeek, April 29, 2010.
“States Expect Revenue Rise, Though Recovery Pace Slow”
[PDF]Lesli A. Maxwell, Education Week, April 26, 2010.
“Governor Christie vs. the Teachers: Nastiness in New Jersey”
[PDF]Peter Applebome, The New York Times, April 25, 2010.
“State Weighs Emergency Borrowing”
[PDF]Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal, April 25, 2010.
“State Tax Revenues probably hit bottom in Q1 2010”
[PDF]New Deal democrat, Daily Kos, April 23, 2010.
“Here and Now: Proposition 100”
[PDF]Steve Goldstein, KJZZ FM Radio, Tempe, AZ, April 21, 2010.
“Upstate shoulders lion's share in taxes”
[PDF]Joseph Spector, The Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, April 18, 2010.
“EDITORIAL: 'Taxpayer First'”
[PDF]The Daily Freeman, Kingston, NY, April 18, 2010.
“Report: New York in tax revenue slump”
[PDF]MSN Money, April 16, 2010.
“State Tax Revenues Decline for a Record Fifth Consecutive Quarter, Rockefeller Institute Reports”
[PDF]The Heartland Institute, Chicago, IL, April 16, 2010.
“A day to talk taxes”
[PDF]Stateline.org Staff, Stateline.org, April 16, 2010.
“State Tax Revenue Stabilize in 2010”
[PDF]Conor Dougherty, The Wall Street Journal Real Time Economics Blog, April 16, 2010.
“U.S. State Tax Revenue Likely Fell for 6th Quarter”
[PDF]Brendan A. McGrail, BusinessWeek, April 15, 2010.
“Public Expenditures on Children through 2008”
[PDF]Adam Kent, Jennifer Macomber, Tracy Vericker, The Brookings Institution and The Urban Institute, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, April 15, 2010.
“Tax day likely more bust than boom for U.S. states”
[PDF]Karen Pierog, Reuters, April 14, 2010.
“Unlike Arizona, most states already are raising taxes”
[PDF]Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, April 7, 2010.
“N.J. budget expert says state government in midst of "extraordinary and unprecedented" fiscal nightmare”
[PDF]Tom Hester, Jr., NewJerseyNewsroom.com, April 7, 2010.
“The Big Gamble”
[PDF]Karen Mazurkewich, Financial Post, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, April 3, 2010.
“Local, state tax revenues on the rise”
[PDF]American Public Media Marketplace, April 2, 2010.
“Property, Corporate Taxes Finally Lift State Revenue”
[PDF]Conor Dougherty, The Wall Street Journal, April 2, 2010.
