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Financial State of the States
TIA analyzes the financial health of all 50 states during the 2016 fiscal year. View our annual report HERE.
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Bill Bergman serves as TIA's Director of Research. He is responsible for managing TIA's federal project and State Data Lab's data base. Bergman spent 13 years as an economist and policy analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
Financial State of the States reports
Each September, we launch our Financial State of the States report, which analyzes the finances of all 50 states. See our reports from 2009 - present.
Financial State of the Cities
We analyzed the financial conditions of the 50 largest US cities. See how they rank here.
The Federal Project
Our Federal Project explores various aspects of government financial reporting, and will examine a different theme each month for the next year.
State of our states
October 13, 2017
Byrne & Company Wealth Management
What would you do if you received an unexpected bill for $10,000? A recent study ranks individual state debt as it pertains to each taxpayer.
Illinois’ pensions debt grow more in one year than half of states’ entire budgets
October 12, 2017
Illinois News Network
In one year, Illinois' pensions added more debt than 25 U.S. states' entire budgets.
Providence finances in dire straits
October 11, 2017
GoLocalProv (Rhode Island)
Repeated decisions by City Officials has left the City of Providence, Rhode Island with a staggering debt burden of $2.2 billion according to Truth in Accounting’s (TIA) analysis of the most recent financial filings.
State employee unions threaten legal action against future benefit reforms
October 16, 2017
Yankee Institute for Public Policy (Connecticut)
Connecticut state employee unions threatened a lawsuit against the state if future reforms to state employee benefits are included in a bipartisan budget.
10 myths about government
October 16, 2017
Learn Liberty
Myth 1 is that the government owes “only” $20 trillion.
Do more to prevent financial crisis, says debt campaign
October 16, 2017
Public Finance International
Rather than the International Monetary Fund and World Bank trying to predict the next economic crisis, more should be done to prevent it, Eric LeCompte, executive director of the religious development group Jubilee USA, has warned.
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