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Financial State of the Union 2020
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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.
2020 Financial State of the Cities
Our fourth annual report on the financial condition of the nation's 75 largest cities.
Financial State of the States 2019
Our tenth annual Financial State of the States report, a nationwide analysis of the most recent state government financial information.
Data-Z (formerly State Data Lab)
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What would happen if voter turnout improved?
August 7, 2020
Patch
With the 2020 presidential election upon us, activists of both political parties are urging voters to hit the polls.
Oklahoma City draws some MAPS to avoid public debt
August 5, 2020
The 101 Policy Corner
Debt is a very common aspect of life in the U.S. If you own a house, you might be paying off a loan you used to buy it, and it could be years before you’ve finished doing so. Cities do this too for large public projects, except their debt frequently takes shape as municipal bonds.
Federal aid for states needs more transparency, should not reward mismanagement
August 4, 2020
Reason Foundation
Congressional legislation to address the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic seems likely to contain federal funds to bolster state and local government budgets, most of which are facing sharp revenue declines.
An analysis of Connecticut’s public employee retirement plans
August 7, 2020
Mercatus Center, George Mason University
Connecticut’s public employee pension plans are among the most poorly-funded in the nation.
Latest US credit outlook downgrade should be the wake-up call our leaders need
August 7, 2020
The Heritage Foundation
The major credit rating agency Fitch Ratings announced July 31 that it was downgrading the U.S. federal debt outlook from “stable” to “negative.” This is yet another strong signal that the rapid growth of the national debt is unsustainable.
The US should look to Canada to reform its public pension system
July 29, 2020
The Hill
Observers of the diverse and often challenged American public pension system look north to Canada with a certain degree of admiration. Canadian public pension plans tend to be fully funded.
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