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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.
Bill's Blog
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 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.
Financial State of the States 2015
Each year Truth in Accounting issues a report of the financial condition of each of the 50 states. Click here for our latest 2015 data to see how your state is doing.
Oregon state finances receive a grade of “C”
July 19, 2017
Portland Patch
These statistics are troubling, but what's more troubling is that state government officials continue to obscure large amounts of retirement debt on their balance sheets, despite new rules to increase financial transparency.
Don’t expect state to change nature of over-spending
July 18, 2017
Alton Telegraph (Illinois)
Scorpion, meet frog.
Pension payments to eat up entire $5 billion tax increase, and more
July 17, 2017
Illinois News Network
Lawmakers overrode Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto of a $36 billion budget July 6, enacting it into law.
What good is half a budget?
July 20, 2017
The Intelligencer
Pennsylvania lawmakers may think they passed a budget on time this year.
Congress is afraid to be responsible for our current wars
July 20, 2017
Project on Government Oversight
In the next few weeks Congress will debate and approve legislation to authorize and appropriate over $1 trillion in national security spending.
The US has a ‘leprachaun economy’ effect, too
July 20, 2017
Bloomberg
A year after statistical quirks sent Ireland's gross domestic product soaring by 26.3 percent, the country is providing an alternative indicator to show how its economy is really doing without the accounting effect of multinational companies' tax shenanigans.
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