State Government

Recovery No Help For Many Laid-Off Government Employees

Reuters | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Workforce, State Government, Housing Market, Recovery, Unemployment, Private Sector, Great Recession, Labor Department, Reuters, Jobs, Government Employees, Moody's, Business News

By Lisa Lambert April 8 (Reuters) - Since 2009, the city of Chesapeake, tucked up against the Great Dismal Swamp in southern Virginia,...

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Grading the nation: How accountable is your state?

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Corruption, Transparency, State Government, Accountability, Politics News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Caitlin Ginley, iWatch NewsThe tales are sadly familiar to even the most casual observer of state politics.In Georgia, more than 650 government e...

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A Closer Look at Gov. Christie's Unrealistic Budget Plan for New Jersey

Deborah Howlett | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: State Budgets, State Government, New Jersey Budget Cuts, Chris Christie New Jersey, Chris Christie, New Jersey, Governor Chris Christie, New Jersey Budget, New Jersey Politics, State Politics, Politics News
Deborah Howlett

About that 10 percent income tax cut that Gov. Christie promised us last week ... don't start planning that dream vacation quite yet.

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Just 6 Percent of College Students Want To Work In Government: Poll

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: College Students, Government Workers, State Government, Deficit, U.S. Economy, Video, Unemployment, Federal Budget Deficit, Federal Government, Employment, Jobs, Hiring, Government Jobs, Local Government, College Graduates, Business News

The public sector, the part of the economy experiencing cuts at every level, may soon be facing a staffing crisis of sorts. Just 6 percent of stud...

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Government Accounted For Nearly A Third Of All Layoffs In 2011: Report

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.05.2012

Read More: Pentagon, Financial Industry, U.S. Economy, Financial Sector, Financial Industry Layoffs, Public Debt, Retail, Challenger Gray & Christmas, Consumer Spending, Local Government, Layoffs, State Government, Retail Industry, National Debt, Unemployment, Postal Service, Wall Street, Job Cuts, Government Layoffs, Federal Government, Military Spending, Government Jobs, Defense Spending, Video, Business News

For government workers and financial sector employees, last year was a particularly bad one -- and 2012 likely won't be much better. More jobs were...

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Both Public And Private Sector Wages Barely Grew Over Twelve Months

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Corporate Profits, Peer Benchmarking, Income Inequality, Wages, Wage Stagnation, Federal Pay Freeze, Federal Spending, Income, Local Government, Public Sector Jobs, State Government, Video, Minimum Wage, Low Wages, Federal Government, Occupy Wall Street, Public Sector Wages, Federal Employees, Private Sector Wages, Business News

Whether you work for the government or the private sector, it's likely your salary didn't go up much in 2011, but federal workers saw their wages grow...

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Immigration Law Free-for-All

Andy Schupak | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Supreme Court, State Government, Immigration, Arizona Immigration Law, Federal Government, World News
Andy Schupak

I recently interviewed Harry DeMell, an immigration lawyer and member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, about states taking immigration...

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The Real Reason for a Voter's Photo ID

Sen. Daylin Leach | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Voter ID Laws, State Government, Pennsylvania, Voter Fraud, Voters, Politics News
Sen. Daylin Leach

Recently, Governor Corbett has endorsed legislation which would require every Pennsylvanian to present photo ID each time they voted -- regardless of how long they had been voting at their poll.

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Public Sector Losing Jobs At Same Rate Private Sector Adding Them

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Public Sector Jobs, Layoffs, State Government, U.S. Economy, Federal Layoffs, Unemployment, Super Committee, Unemployment Rate, Private Sector, Federal Jobs, Public Sector, Local Government, Private Sector Jobs, Video, Business News

When it comes to an economy trying to right itself, if it's not one thing, it's another. Even as the economy seems to be moving -- slowly -- in the...

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Americans Guess Over Half Of Federal Tax Dollars Are Wasted: Gallup

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: State Government, Deficit Reduction Plan, President Barack Obama, Tax Cuts, Democrats, Federal Spending, Tax Hikes, Gallup, Local Government, Republicans, Video, Business News

Never in recorded history have Americans been more distrustful of how the U.S. government spends its money. According to a new Gallup poll, Americ...

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S&P Threatens To Downgrade State And Local Governments

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: State Government, Federal Bureau of Investigation, New Jersey, State and Local Government, Super-Downgrade, Fbi, Credit Rating Agencies, Standard & Poor's, Nevada, Wsj, S&P, U.S. Budget Control Act of 2011, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, Local Government, Business News

Standard and Poor's decision to downgrade the United States' sovereign credit rating has already sent shock waves through the stock market and worsene...

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S&P Downgrades Fannie And Freddie

AP | DANIEL WAGNER and DEREK KRAVITZ | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: State Government, U.S. Debt, Debt Crisis, Freddie Mac, Debt Ceiling, Washington, Fannie Mae, Standard & Poor's, S&P, AAA Rating, U.S. Credit Downgrade, U.S. Credit Rating, Credit Rating Agency, Video, Business News

WASHINGTON — Standard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday downgraded the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other entities linked ...

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State, Local Governments Could Face Larger Layoffs Next Year, Report Says

Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Ubs, Public Sector Workers, State Government, Unemployment, Medicaid, Medicare, Thomas McLoughlin, 10-Year-Bonds, 2012, Business News

NEW YORK (Joan Gralla) - Around 450,000 people who work for U.S. states, counties, cities, towns and villages could get pink slips in fiscal 2012, s...

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State, Local Governments Cut Jobs At Accelerated Pace In February

Wall Street Journal | SARA MURRAY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Government, Jobs Crisis, Unemployment, Economy, State and Local Government, Jobs, Jobless, Local Government, Business News

State and local governments, aiming to reduce their budget deficits, cut jobs at an accelerating pace in February....

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States Need Innovation Not Bankruptcy

David Adkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Pension, Innovation, Politics News, Business News, State Government, Bankruptcy, State Bankruptcy, Council of State Governments, Politics News
David Adkins

While it is tempting for Washington to lecture the state governments, it would be far better for our national leaders to work with states to address our mutual budget challenges.

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A Great Government Investment

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Fraud, Investing, State Government, Modeling, Return on Investment, New Jersey, Police, Cost-Effectiveness, Retirement, Federal Government, Disability, New York City, North Carolina, Sanitation, Politics News
Howard Steven Friedman

With all the talk about cutting budgets, the federal, state and local governments should invest more in an activity with a terrific ROI - aggressively...

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Sell Local?

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obama Tax Cuts, Jobs, Social Change, Build America Bonds, 2011, Budget, Local Government, State and Loval Government, State Government, Business News
Max Fraad Wolff

Local and state finances receive very little national attention. Across the most recent economic crisis, local government finances have taken an epic battering. How bad is it? Bad.

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States Poised to Make the Decisions of a Decade

David Adkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Council of State Governments, State Government, Redistricting, 2010 Redistricting, 2010 Elections, Politics News
David Adkins

With the midterm over all eyes will soon turn to state capitols for redistricting decisions that will likely echo out for a decade to come.

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Aspen Dispatch: Measuring for Success

Steve Rohleder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Political News, Emerging Economies, State Government, Politics, Gdp, State Governments, Govenor, Economy, Economic Crisis, Business News, Social Services, U.S. GDP, Information Technology, Business, Technology, Emerging Markets, Business News
Steve Rohleder

I recently did a session at the Aspen Institute's Business and Society forum in NYC, with David Walker, former head of the GAO who is now leading a ne...

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Hold Off On The Retirement Parties

Huffington Post | Sara Yin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, Social Security, John Boehner, France, Retirement, Pensions, State Pensions, Colorado, Retirement Age, State Government, Great Britain, Nancy Pelosi, State and Local Government, Business News

(This post has been updated.) In response to the massive pension obligations owed to soon-to-retire baby boomers, at least 10 states have voted to ...

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I Am Being Lied To. Again.

Ivan Katz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, Purposes of Government, Demagoguery, Taxes, Toni Harp, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut, State Government, Politics News
Ivan Katz

Every now and then I get a newsletter/propaganda piece from my state senator. For the better part of two decades, Toni Harp has been lauded and honor...

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The Unemployment Extension Depends Just as Much on the States as on the White House

David Adkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Virginia, State Government, Louisiana, Unemployment, Indiana, Unemployment Extension, Maryland, Business News
David Adkins

Despite encouraging signs of growth in the economy the unemployment crisis is going to be with us for a long time to come. It has left states caught in a vice between plummeting revenues and rising needs.

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Movement Advocating State's Rights Must be Approached with Caution, Wisdom and a Good Memory

Pat Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Rightists, State Government, State Government Jurisdiction, State's Rights, State Government Authority, Federalism, Federal Government, Politics News
Pat Williams

The current anti-federal mongering, particularly by the Far Right, is not only wrong-headed, it is dangerous. And it threatens to upset the balance between our state and federal governments.

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States Can Pick Up the Stimulus Slack

David Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Budgets, State Government, Infrastructure, Great Depression, Economic Stimulus Package, New Deal, Economic Recovery, Stimulus, Recovery Act, Okun's Law, Politics News
David Segal

States can't do traditional deficit spending. But they can do precisely what we need most: put bond measures on ballots that would create capacity-building, capital projects and put people to work.

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The States of the Union

David Adkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: State Government, Great Recession, State of the Union, State Budgets, Budget, Obama Budget, Governors, Politics News
David Adkins

Our national response to the current crisis depends on having strong state partners at the table. We may have reached the backside of the Great Recession but the state fiscal crisis still lies ahead.

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