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- Election Initiatives
- Source: MSDN
Engineering Better Tools for Voters – Guest post by Matthew Morse, Senior Associate, Pew Center on the States
Next Monday, April 30, civic-minded coders will join forces near Washington, D.C., to build new applications that help voters get the information they need on Election Day. The event, co-sponsored by the Pew Center on the States, The Sunlight Foundation, and Microsoft will focus on the tools and data provided by the Voting Information Project (VIP), which answers common questions including “Where is my polling place?” “Who is on my ballot?” and “How do I navigate the voting process?”
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- Children's Dental Campaign
- Source: ABC News
Do Dentists Turn Away Children?
ABC World News Tonight airs a story about the serious challenges that many low-income children have finding dentists to care for them. The story cites data from the Pew Children’s Dental Campaign.
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- States' Fiscal Health
- Source: Marketplace
Teachers Reflect on State Worker Pension Reform
Many states are cutting back on benefits promised to public employees, sparking a political debate.more -
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: Capitol Ideas
Corrections Secretary Wetzel: One-Third Of All New State Prison Inmates Have A Sentence Of One Year Or Less
One-third of all new state prison innmates are serving a sentence of a year or less when they enter Pennsylvania's prison system, putting a strain on resources and increasing the likelihood that they'll become repeat offenders, Corrections Secretary John Wetzel said this afternoon.
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- Source: Government Technology
Voting Information Project Takes Aim at Open Data, Social Media
This November, Foursquare users will be able to receive an "I Voted" badge when they visit their polling places. In addition, voters in 37 states will have an easier time finding election information via social media and mobile devices, thanks to the Voting Information Project (VIP), an initiative of the Pew Center on the States, Microsoft, AT&T, Foursquare, Google, state elections offices, media partners and others.
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- Children's Dental Campaign
- Source: News Leader
Medicaid Coverage Is No Guarantee of Care
Adults on Medicaid in Missouri have to be blind, pregnant or in a nursing home to qualify for dental care. It’s better for children.
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- Source: Bankrate.com
Checking Slowly Gets Safer
If you've opened a checking account, chances are you've skipped reading the mile-long account agreement that comes with it. Thanks to the Safe Checking Project from the Pew Charitable Trusts, those lengthy documents are starting to get shorter.
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- Source: Bloomberg
Nine U.S. Banks Said to be Examined on Overdraft Fees
Two years after regulators gave Americans more power to manage overdrafts of their checking accounts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reviewing bank practices to determine if the crackdown went far enough.
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: bloomberg.com
Nine U.S. Banks Said to be Examined on Overdraft Fees(2)
Two years after regulators gave Americans more power to manage overdrafts of their checking accounts, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reviewing bank practices to determine if the crackdown went far enough. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: 'Hartford Courant
Re-Entry Programs Unlock Prison Doors For Good
The persistent social issues that haunt Connecticut center on disparity: urban poverty encircled by wealth, the academic achievement gap between poor and more affluent students, and our criminal justice system, in which people of color are 70 percent of all prison inmates while being only 20 percent of the state's population.
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: New York Times
Second Big Bank, TD Bank, Simplifies Checking Disclosures
Another big bank has joined the “simple checking disclosure” movement advocated by an arm of the nonprofit group Pew Charitable Trusts. more
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: Time
Prepaid Debit Cards: The Lesser of Two Evils?
We don’t like the fees, but we like banks even less—and trust providers of prepaid cards more than we trust mainstream banks. more
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- Pew-MacArthur Results First Initiative
Guest Blog: 13 States Get on Board for Cutting-Edge Cost-Benefit Analysis
In an era of persistent budget deficits, at least a dozen states are moving to adapt and implement a cutting-edge tool for policy research and analysis, beginning with criminal justice policy and eventually expanding to other areas. States are under increasing pressure to ensure that scarce resources are invested in programs that yield the best results. In addition, many policy makers are looking for information that would allow them to target cuts more strategically, rather than making across-the-board reductions that treat effective and ineffective programs alike.
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- Economic Development Tax Incentives
- Source: chicagotribune.com
Report: Cash-Strapped States Fail to Track Whether Business Tax Breaks Are Sparking Job Growth
A new study finds that most states are doing a poor job tracking whether their tax breaks for businesses are actually spurring job growth. Some have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into corporate incentives even while grappling with record deficits. more
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- Economic Development Tax Incentives
- Source: npr.org
Report: Few States Effectively Track Tax Breaks
Most states are doing a poor job tracking whether their tax breaks for businesses are actually spurring job growth, including some that have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into corporate incentive programs.
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- States' Fiscal Health
- Source: washingtonpost.com
Pew Center Report on State Tax Incentives
The Pew Center on the States on Thursday released a report critical of the efforts by most states and Washington, D.C., to track the performance of corporate tax subsidies. Pew researchers found that no state was doing it all it could, but broke the states up into three broad groups based on their efforts. more
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: New York Times
A Look at Why Consumers Are Using Prepaid Debit Cards
It’s clear that prepaid debit cards — cards that you load with cash, spend down and then reload — are hot. more
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- Election Initiatives
Technology for a 21st-Century Democracy
State governments can improve efficiency and cost-effectiveness when they work together to use the latest technology and apply proven solutions. A good example is the increasing collaboration among states to bring America's election system into the 21st century.
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- Home Visiting Campaign
- Source: The Herald Dispatch
Editorial: Home Visitation Effort Can Help Prevent Child Abuse
How do people let this happen? That is the question we so often have when we read about child abuse and neglect cases. Whether it is a sensational national story such as the Penn State scandal or a local story about children found in horrible or dangerous conditions, we wonder why someone did not step in to prevent these crimes and situations.
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- Home Visiting Campaign
- Source: The Island Packet
Home Visits Help Families, Save Money
If a social program with a strong research base helps at-risk parents and children -- and saves taxpayers money -- how can we make it as efficient and effective as possible? That's a question the South Carolina legislature will be addressing this year.
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- Home Visiting Campaign
- Source: TIME Healthland
Home Visits: A Powerful Weapon Against Child Abuse
Every new mother has so many questions: Is my baby growing well? Is she reaching her developmental milestones? Why does she cry so much and what can I do about it? To get answers, moms can turn to one other for advice or save up their questions for the next pediatrician visit, which could be months away.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
What the Georgia Legislature Got Right in 2012
The single most important accomplishment of the 2012 General Assembly will probably prove to be its far-reaching reform of the Georgia criminal justice system. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: Gainesville Times
Our Views: Vying for Votes
Georgia passed a bill that will reform the state’s criminal justice system by seeking to defer more nonviolent offenders into rehabilitation and accountability courts.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: pbs.org
Adam Gelb on Prison Reform
Adam Gelb, director of the Pew Center on the States' Public Safety Performance Project, discusses corrections policy reform in Texas and nationally on PBS's "Need to Know."
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: The Walton Tribune
Not Everyone Belongs in Prison
I don’t often agree with a lot of the moves made by our Georgia politicos, so when I do, I feel I should mention it. State Rep. Bruce Williamson, R-Monroe, tells us state lawmakers are considering House Bill 1176, a measure which would treat those convicted of violent crimes more harshly than those who commit low-level drug and property crimes. more