<p>The Pew Center on the States, in partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is providing states with powerful new tools to assess the long-term costs and benefits of their budget choices and better target funds to programs that provide the greatest returns to citizens.</p> http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx <p>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. This report concludes that 13 states are leading the way in generating much-needed answers about tax incentives’ effectiveness.</p> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899381162&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=State Budget Choices&WT.rss_a=Evidence Counts: Evaluating State Tax Incentives for Jobs and Growth&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>Every state offers tax incentives to attract, retain, and expand businesses and jobs. But no state ensures that policy makers rely on good evidence about whether these investments deliver a strong return, according to a new report by the Pew Center on the States. The study comes at a time when most states are trying to rebuild their budgets and many have not regained private-sector jobs lost during the Great Recession.</p> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899381167&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=State Budget Choices&WT.rss_a=Pew: States Rely Heavily on Tax Incentives, but Few Evaluate Whether They Work&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>Result First's Fact Sheet</p> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:50:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899378753&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=State Budget Choices&WT.rss_a=Results First Fact Sheet&WT.z_contenttype=FactSheet <p>An opinion editorial by Susan Urahn about what is at stake as states grapple with projected budget gaps of $82 billion in 2012.</p> Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:05:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899378764&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=State Budget Choices&WT.rss_a=How Red-ink States Should Make Tough Budget Decisions&WT.z_contenttype=OpinionEditorial Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx