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Financial State of the States 2020
Our eleventh annual Financial State of the States report. This analysis surveys the fiscal health of the 50 states prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
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 Union 2020
Click here to view our report on the nation's fiscal health before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
2020 Financial State of the Cities
Our fourth annual report on the financial condition of the nation's 75 largest cities.
Data-Z (formerly State Data Lab)
Create your own chart with more than 700 data variables, including demographic, economic and financial at the federal, state, and city level.
Vote ‘no’ on the graduated income tax
September 25, 2020
Crain’s Chicago Business
There's no question Illinois needs the revenue. The state's current debt burden stands at $226 billion, amounting to $52,000 for every taxpayer in the state by the reckoning of Truth In Accounting, a nonpartisan watchdog group.
Illinois receives failing grade for budgeting by accounting organization
September 24, 2020
Prairie State Wire
Illinois received an 'F' from a nonpartisan accounting organization that measures state transparency and reliability in accounting practices.
Ask the Experts: Was your state financially prepared for COVID-19?
September 24, 2020
Truth in Accounting’s YouTube Channel
With guest moderator Dan Proft, host of AM 560 The Answer, we discussed the findings of our new report on its release day!
State's generosity in pension benefits now coming home to roost during pandemic
September 28, 2020
Nelson County Gazette (Kentucky)
Downturns such as every state will experience due to the coronavirus pandemic often unmask the true price tag of letting the good times roll too fast and far in earlier years.
NTU, 39 other groups ask House Committee to investigate Pentagon CARES Act waste
September 28, 2020
National Taxpayers Union
Dear Chair Clyburn, Ranking Member Scalise, and Members of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis:
Public pension reform and the 49th parallel: Lessons from Canada for the U.S.
September 25, 2020
Financial Markets, Institutions and Investments
Public employee pension systems around the world show remarkable diversity in design and execution.
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