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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: NPR Marketplace
Two Thirds of Americans Aren't Economically Mobile
Only about one-third of American families will surpass their parents in wealth and income and climb to a new rung on the economic ladder, a new study out today from The Pew Charitable Trusts concludes.
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: USA Today
Are You Upwardly Mobile? Probably Not
The majority of Americans have higher incomes than their parents, but it is still not enough to move most of them into a higher bracket—especially those at the bottom.
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- Children's Dental Campaign
- Source: PBS
How to Fix a Broken Dental Safety Net
A trip to the dentist's office may instill a sense of dread, but for the majority Americans, access to care is rarely an issue. For roughly one-third of the population, though, finding a dentist can seem next to impossible.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: WCHS Radio 58
Prison Overcrowding Study Begins
West Virginia is getting assistance from two national organizations to help find answers to the state's prison overcrowding problem. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: The Detroit News
Editorial: Cut Prison Terms to Save Funds
Michigan could save millions of dollars in its nearly $2 billion Corrections budget by shaving the prison terms of inmates. more
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- States' Fiscal Health
- Source: PBS
Pension Shortfalls Force States to Consider Cutting Benefits
Pew Center on the States Research Director Kil Huh discusses the challenges states face in funding retirement benefit promises and the reforms states have enacted to address these challenges.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
Editorial: Sensible Sentences for Nonviolent Offenders
The enormous strain prison costs put on state budgets has led some conservatives and liberals to do something sensible together. more
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
Report: Bank Fees Put Consumers at Financial Risk
Consumer alert for anyone with a checking account. According to a new report many banks are charging Americans excessive and confusing fees. Senior investigative correspondent Lisa Myers has details on this story
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: NBC Nightly News
Finding Hidden Banking Fees
Now to a story about your money and maybe your bank. Some of the new regulations on banks have been eating into their profits so they're finding new ways to make money from the people who put their money in the bank.
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: New York Times
More Debit Card Follies and Abuses
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau needs to bring transparency to debit card banking. The Federal Reserve made a good regulatory start in 2010, when it required banks to get account holders’ consent before enrolling them in overdraft “protection” programs that could cost them $35 each time they used a debit card and overdrew their account—the cards provide no warning of insufficient funds. more
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Bank Overdraft Fees Creeping Up Again, Consumer Monitors Say
Even as the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau weighs whether to address bank overdraft fees that cost U.S. consumers nearly $30 billion last year, some of those fees continue to inch up, according to new reports by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Consumer Federation of America.
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: Los Angeles Times
Checking Accounts Still Too Confusing and Expensive, Study Finds
Despite some recent improvements by the nation's largest banks, checking accounts are still too confusing for consumers and overdraft fees are too high, according to new findings by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: CNNMoney
Checking Accounts: High Fees, 69-page Disclosures
Consumers are still getting hit with unexpected fees and aren't receiving clear information about the costs involved with their accounts, according to a report by the Pew Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project. The study examined the information on 274 checking accounts offered by the nation's 12 biggest banks and credit unions.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: MSNBC
Video: More Time Behind Bars
Public Safety Performance Project Director Adam Gelb is interviewed on MSNBC's "The Dylan Ratigan Show"
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
- Source: Washington Post
Overdraft Fees Rising Despite Regulatory Efforts, Groups Find
Checking account overdraft fees have jumped during the past two years, despite an effort by regulators to rein in aggressive practices by banks, according to new reports by two nonprofit groups.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: New York Times
Average Prison Stay Grew 36 percent in two Decades
For petty offenders and violent criminals alike, the length of a prison stay increased by more than a third over the past two decades, a period of time in which the prison population doubled, according to a report by the Pew Center on the States. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
Florida Tops 25-state Pew Study
Florida led 35 states in a study issued Wednesday with a whopping 166 percent increase in the estimated average time that released prisoners spent behind bars over a 19-year span. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: NBC Miami
Florida Leads in Time Prisoners Spend Behind Bars: Study
Florida led 35 states in a study issued Wednesday with a whopping 166 percent increase in the estimated average time that released prisoners spent behind bars over a 19-year span. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: Orlando Sentinel
Pew Study: Florida Led the Way in Beefing up Prison-Terms Since 1990
Thanks to its gung-ho approach to lengthening jail time, Florida led the charge in beefing up prison sentences during the past two decades at a taxpayer cost of more than $1 billion a year, according to a new study by the Pew Center on the States. more
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- Children's Dental Campaign
- Source: Los Angeles Times
Traditional Dentistry Wary of Dental Therapists
Crystal Ann Baker isn't a dentist, but she fills cavities, pulls teeth and even performs children's root canals.
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- American Cities Project
- Source: The Atlantic Cities
Cities Facing Worst Fiscal Situation Since 1980
For the first time since 1980, both property tax revenue and state aid to local governments are declining at the same time. more
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- American Cities Project
- Source: Reuters
Cities Lose Property Tax, State Aid: Report
For the first time since 1980, property tax revenue and state aid to cities across the United States are shrinking simultaneously, the Pew Charitable Trusts said in a report on Thursday.
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- Economic Mobility Project
- Source: NPR
On The Economic Ladder, Rungs Move Further Apart
While many believe it's easier to move up the economic ladder in America than anywhere else in the world, the United States simply does not do very well on that score.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: The Tribune-Democrat
State Could Save Millions on Prison System, Report Says
Pennsylvania could save tens of millions of dollars a year by keeping low-level offenders out of the prison system and instead reserving state prison beds for criminals convicted of the most serious crimes and serving longer terms, consultants said in a report released today. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
- Source: The Columbian
Probation Violations Will Result in 'Swift and Certain' Penalties
Officials say a new Department of Corrections system should help offenders on probation be more successful and will save money. The system uses "swift and certain" sanctions for those who violate terms of their probation, meaning immediate but short trips to jail.
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