Editor’s note: This event was updated on May 31, 2024, to replace a garbled sentence.
In recent years, state governments have been on a roller coaster: a pandemic-induced recession followed by record revenue growth, unprecedented federal funding, and rapidly rising inflation. Now budget conditions are tightening and federal pandemic aid is winding down. And that will require policymakers to make some tough decisions.
On May 22, experts from The Pew Charitable Trusts provided an online overview of a major update to Fiscal 50, an interactive platform launched in 2013 that provides timely data on and analysis of state fiscal conditions. They also discussed recent trends.
The new Fiscal 50 allows readers to view, sort, and analyze data on key trends shaping states’ fiscal health now and over the long term. It also includes Pew’s research and analysis to help users understand how these trends interact—and how they relate to real-time developments unfolding in state capitols throughout the country .
Below is the overview session’s agenda:
Juliette Tennert, senior adviser, University of Utah’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute
Joanna Biernacka-Lievestro, manager
Alexandre Fall, senior associate
Liz Farmer, officer
Page Forrest, senior associate
Riley Judd, associate
Melissa Maynard, project director
Justin Theal, officer