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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.
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.
NEW Financial State of Chicago
New report on the Financial State of Chicago finds that the city's financial condition worsened by $2 billion compared to the previous year.
Financial State of the Union
Read our newest report on the Financial State of the Union, which found that the financial condition of the U.S. government worsened by $3.9 trillion in 2018.
State Data Lab
Choose between more than 650 data variables, including demographic, economic and financial at the federal, state, and city level to create your own chart.
Financial report: No bragging rights for state
October 21, 2019
Republican American (Connecticut)
Connecticut has received another embarrassing financial distinction. This leaves little doubt that goodies for Big Public Labor hurt average taxpayers. Truth in Accounting, a Chicago-based think tank, has released the 2019 edition of its “Financial State of the States” report. It deemed Connecticut’s financial situation the 48th healthiest in the United States.
Boston ranked one of the best cities … or is it?
October 17, 2019
Boston Patch
Conde Nast Traveler (CNT) released its "The Best Cities in the U.S.: 2019 Readers' Choice Awards" this week.
Rick Scott warns six governors about rising debt
October 16, 2019
Florida Daily
Last week, U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., sent letters to the governors of Illinois, Massachusetts, Hawaii, Delaware, Connecticut and New Jersey–all Democrats save Gov. Charlie Baker, R-Mass., outlining his concerns about rising debt in their states and showcasing the actions he took as governor to turn around Florida’s economy.
With roads, you get what you pay for
October 21, 2019
Argus Courier (California)
For the last 20 years, Petaluma has held the dubious distinction of having the worst roads in the entire Bay Area. The most recent report by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission ranked the city’s Pavement Condition Index a dismal “Poor/Failed.” Today, only Larkspur has worse roads than Petaluma.
The 16th Amendment: How the federal income tax became D.C.’s favorite political weapon
October 21, 2019
The Daily Bell
The American Revolution was sparked in part by unjust taxation. After all, the colonists in Boston rebelled against Britain for imposing “taxation without representation,” and summarily tossed English tea into the harbor in protest in 1773.
The complete history of accounting
October 18, 2019
Learn G2
There’s also a good chance it wasn’t included in your overview of the basic accounting principles, the lessons on the accounting cycle, or an introduction to cash basis accounting.
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