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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.
Financial Transparency Score 2019
Our new report that scores each state government based on how transparent they are to the public about their finances using best practices from the private sector.
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.
Pennsylvania receives ‘B’ for financial transparency in new analysis
December 6, 2019
The Daily Review
Pennsylvania received a decent score when it comes to its financial transparency, but the commonwealth has room for improvement, a new analysis found.
Connecticut ranked last for fiscal transparency
December 5, 2019
Yankee Institute for Public Policy
A new report released by Chicago-based Truth in Accounting ranked Connecticut dead last in the country for fiscal transparency, but that score isn’t sitting well with the Office of the Comptroller.
New Jersey’s centuries-old blue laws are hurting revenue, job prospects
December 4, 2019
New York Post
New Jersey is located right next to New York City and offers plenty of malls and other shopping venues.
CalSTRS goes green with muni bond debut
December 6, 2019
Pensions & Investments
The California State Teachers' Retirement System may have just missed its investment goal but its debut municipal-bond sale Thursday is right on target.
Why Congress must fix multiemployer pensions
December 6, 2019
Economics 21
Last month, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa) and Lamar Alexander (R., Tenn.) unveiled a comprehensive proposal to shore up multiemployer pension plans. Congress will have little choice but to consider such a proposal soon, to address a burgeoning crisis affecting workers in America’s multiemployer pension system.
Russia to start disclosing debt of state-owned companies. In four years
November 25, 2019
The Moscow Times
The Russian government will start publishing financial information on its army of state-backed companies from 2023, the Finance Ministry has confirmed to the RBC news website.
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