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- Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative
- Source: Providence Business News
Providence Business News: R.I. to Participate in Results First Initiative
Rhode Island has been selected as the 14th partner state in the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative, a program that helps states assess the costs and benefits of fiscal policy options and make better decisions based on informed results, Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee announced. more
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- Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative
- Source: The Providence Journal
Providence Journal: Gov. Chafee: R.I. Selected for 'Results First' Program of Data-Driven Policy Making
Rhode Island has been selected for the Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative, which helps states look at costs and benefits before making policy decisions. more
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- Economic Development Tax Incentives
- Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Incentives for companies in Georgia sometimes don’t deliver promised jobs
Hungry for jobs, Georgia has spent hundreds of millions of public dollars in the last decade on grants to recruit and retain businesses. more
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: Tha National Journal
National Journal: The American Dream, Downsized
Middle-class Americans are much more concerned about holding onto what they’ve got than in pursuing more. The Pew Economic Mobility project, the Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll, and other studies have arrived at similar conclusions. When Pew asked Americans in 2011 if they preferred financial stability or moving up the income ladder, 85 percent of respondents chose the safer, surer future. more
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- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
- Source: Akron Beacon Journal
Akron Beacon Journal: Convenient Trap
The Pew Charitable Trusts issued a report on payday-loan borrowers in February that said: “The choice to use payday loans is largely driven by unrealistic expectations and by desperation. Borrowers perceive the loans to be a reasonable short-term choice but express surprise and frustration at how long it takes to pay them back.” more
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- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
- Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Inquirer: CFPB: Payday Loans Leading to 'Revolving Door of Debt'
Short-term "payday" loans, and similar "deposit advance" loans offered by major banks, are trapping many consumers in a "revolving door of debt," according to a study due by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The CFPB's study echoes findings in a February report by the Pew Charitable Trusts' Safe Small Dollar Loans Research Project. more
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- Source: Jackson Free Press
Jackson Free Press: Lawmakers Must Decide on Raft of Tax-cut Bills
How much is too much? When it comes to tax cuts, that's the question that lawmakers and Gov. Phil Bryant must decide in coming weeks. more
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- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
- Source: Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times: Bill Would Limit Number of Payday Loans to Any One Borrower
A bill before the California Legislature would restrict the number of payday loans to any one borrower — an attempt to break the "debt cycle" that ensnares some of the state's poorest residents. more
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- States' Fiscal Health
- Source: WLRN
WLRN Public Radio: Florida Is Looking at a Budget Surplus Next Year
Florida lawmakers are doing something they haven't done in years: adding money to state programs. more
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- Fiscal Federalism Initiative
- Source: The Washington Post
Washington Post: Sequester Means 11 Percent Cut in Unemployment Benefits
The fiscal battle in Washington that led to $85 billion in spending cuts across the federal government has not spared unemployment benefits for almost two million out-of-work Americans, who are being hit by an 11 percent reduction in payments this fiscal year.
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