Report

• State of the States 2013

  Jan 23, 2013 - State of the States 2013: Stateline’s annual report looks at key issues legislatures are debating this year, with particular emphasis on the relationship between states and the federal government. The full report has in-depth articles on Politics, Budgets, Social Issues, Environment and Health Care.

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• Evidence Counts: Evaluating State Tax Incentives for Jobs and Growth

  Apr 11, 2012 - Policy makers spend billions of dollars annually on tax incentives for economic development, but no state ensures that policy makers rely on good evidence about whether these investments deliver a strong return.

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• Q&A

  Sep 22, 2011 - Erin Currier, a project manager with Pew’s Economic Mobility Project, discusses how people move up and down the economic ladder over their lifetimes and across generations.

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• Q&A

  Aug 30, 2011 - After a protracted summer debate, Congress voted last month to raise the debt ceiling. The eleventh-hour move came only after both sides agreed on a plan to decrease the national debt. A "super committee" was appointed to find at least $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. If the committee fails, a "trigger" will automatically make the cuts for them.  

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• Economic Mobility and the American Dream

  May 19, 2011 - A report finds that a majority of Americans support a government role in promoting upward economic mobility.  |  Economic Mobility Project 

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• States’ Revenue Estimating: Cracks in the Crystal Ball

  Mar 01, 2011 - When states’ revenue estimates are substantially off, the consequences can be significant.

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• Pew Report: How Residents in Five States View Fiscal Priorities for State Government

  Oct 06, 2010 - An analysis of public attitudes toward fiscal problems in five diverse states shows strikingly similar priorities for state government.  |  States' Fiscal Health 

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• Collateral Costs: Incarceration’s Effect on Economic Mobility

  Sep 23, 2010 - Incarceration reduces former inmates' earnings by 40 percent and limits their future economic mobility | Public Safety Performance Project 

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• Bringing America Up to Speed: States’ Role in Expanding Broadband

  Jun 21, 2010 - States increasingly see broadband as a powerful tool to deliver high-quality services to residents more efficiently and effectively and to promote economic growth.

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• The Economic Costs of Cutting Early Childhood Programs

  Apr 05, 2010 - Investing in early childhood development helps save states money in the short and longterm. | Partnership for America's Economic Success 

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• The Real Cost of Voter Registration

  Mar 18, 2010 - Voter registration in Oregon cost more than $8.8 million during the 2008 election, a cost of $4.11 per active registered voter. | Election Initiatives

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• Cutting Lead Poisoning and Public Costs

  Feb 22, 2010 - A new study identifies the potential for significant cost savings from reduced rates of lead exposure. | Partnership for America's Economic Success 

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• State Pensions and Retiree Health Benefits: The Trillion Dollar Gap

  Feb 18, 2010 - States that ignored public sector retirement challenges now face a growing bill come due. 

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• The Trillion Dollar Gap - State Fact Sheets

  Feb 16, 2010 - Individual state fact sheets that quantify and describe how each state is managing its long-term pensions and retiree health care benefits.

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• Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril

  Nov 11, 2009 - California's budget shortfalls have made headlines, but nine other states are in dire straits due to financial mismanagement–with potential consequences for the rest of the country. A Pew report examines how the recession has affected states from the various geographic regions with different economies, tax structures and political leanings. 

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• Cutting Corrections Costs

  Jul 31, 2009 - This report examines sentencing and corrections policies that can help states navigate the budget crunch. | Public Safety Performance Project 

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• The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections

  Jul 31, 2009 - In FY 2010, 26 states reduced their departments of corrections budgets. This report descirbes how states absorbed the cuts. | Public Safety Performance Project 

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• Explore the Clean Economy Numbers for Your State

  Jun 26, 2009 - June 26, 2009 — The U.S. clean energy economy is an emerging source of jobs, businesses and investments that advance economic growth and protect the environment. Find out how your state is faring in the clean energy economy.

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• Clean Energy Economy

  Jun 10, 2009 - The number of jobs in America’s emerging clean energy economy grew nearly two and a half times faster than overall jobs between 1998 and 2007.

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• Driven by Dollars

  Mar 24, 2009 - This report provides key information for states considering public-private partnerships to fund infrastructure.

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• Susan K. Urahn on Federal Stimulus for States

  Mar 05, 2009 - States' budgets are getting a boost from the federal stimulus package. The managing director of the Pew Center on the States discusses the impact.

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• Susan K. Urahn on States’ Ongoing Fiscal Stress

  Dec 18, 2008 - Updated 12/18/2008- States are feeling the effects of the worldwide economic crisis acutely. Here, Susan Urahn, managing director of the Pew Center on the States, discusses some of the impacts of the troubled economy across the country.

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• The Hidden Costs of the Housing Crisis Report

  Dec 16, 2008 - In this study, Joydeep Roy of the Economic Policy Institute and Melissa Maynard and Elaine Weiss of the Pew Center on the States assess the various ways that housing quality, affordability, and policy impacts children, and thus society, in the long-term.

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• The Hidden Costs of the Housing Crisis

  Jul 09, 2008 - Without a safe, stable home to call their own, young children face tremendous obstacles to the critical cognitive, behavioral and social development that occurs during their earliest years, concludes Joydeep Roy of the Economic Policy Institute in a paper for the Partnership for America’s Economic Success.

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• Growth and Taxes

  Jan 03, 2008 - State tax systems are failing to keep up with fundamental shifts in the economy and are impeding states’ overall fiscal health, according to analysis released by The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Center on the States in Governing magazine.  The article, "Growth and Taxes," details how some states are adapting elements of their tax structure to meet the changing economy. The data reveal complexities associated with giving businesses tax breaks and highlight ways for states to encourage economic vitality within their borders. The research also points to a number of states that are either leaders or laggards in these efforts.

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• Report: Promises with a Price

  Dec 17, 2007 - States have promised at least $2.73 trillion in pension, health care and other retirement benefits for public employees over the next three decades, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States. Promises with a Price, the first 50-state analysis of its kind, finds that states have saved enough to cover about 85 percent of their long-term pension costs, but only three percent of the funds needed for promised retiree health care and other non-pension benefits.

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• Report: Investing in Children

  Dec 03, 2007 - Issue brief and full report from the Partnership for America’s Economic Success showing that, between 2006 and 2017, the share of Gross Domestic Product that the federal government will invest in children is projected to decline by 14 to 29 percent.

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• Using Tax Credits to Promote High Quality Early Care and Education Services

  Nov 20, 2007 - Tax credits have been used in a variety of policy areas to encourage increased investments in programs seen as “social goods,” such as clean energy and charitable donations. This paper explores financing strategies for early childhood programs and propose recommendations about how tax credits might best be used.

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• Investing in Innovation

  Jul 24, 2007 - Investing in Innovation, a new report from the Pew Center on the States and the National Governors Association (NGA), shows that with the federal government’s share of research and development (R&D) funding on the decline, states are stepping in by placing pools of money in R&D funds to stir innovation and create new jobs. The report is the first to catalog the breadth of activity in the states, and to offer guidelines for governors on how to ensure that public resources are well spent.

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• Report: Dollars and Sense: A Review of Economic Analyses of Pre-K

  May 01, 2007 - This Pre-K Now report reviews 10 studies on the economic impact of pre-k and shows why a growing number of business leaders and economists are increasingly convinced that high-quality pre-k is a sound investment.

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