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Archive of Recession & Recovery on Tuesday October 27, 2009
Report shows states' revenue sources
Sales and property tax payments account for more than 60 percent of state and local government tax revenue, according to a new analysis that also singles out the states that rely most heavily on one kind of tax. Read More
Weekly wrap: Early stimulus reports show gain in teaching, construction jobs
States and contractors begin releasing stimulus jobs data; a costly computer contract haunts Virginia, and New Mexico is facing a fiscal crisis. Read More
Weekly wrap: Calls increase to extend economic stimulus to help states
Officials say states may need federal aid again next year; Louisiana's GOP governor offers health care proposal; Key stimulus deadline is approaching. Read More
Getting it right for community colleges and the nation's workforce
President Obama's proposed $12 billion program for the states' community colleges comes as good news in a tough time for the nation's two-year schools, writes David Shaffer, a senior fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York at Albany, in a commentary for Stateline.org. But the long-term impact of the president's program will depend in part on whether the final legislation, and its implementation, aim at fixing the right things, Shaffer writes. Read More |
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