Press Releases
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- Press Release
- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
Pew Survey: Payday Loans Fail to Work As Advertised
A new report from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Payday Lending in America: How Borrowers Choose and Repay Payday Loans, sheds light on the decision 12 million Americans make every year to use a payday loan.
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- Project Update
- Home Visiting Campaign
White House Pushes to Expand Home Visiting
President Obama today released details of the early childhood agenda outlined in his State of the Union Address. more
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- Press Release
- Economic Mobility Project,
- Election Initiatives
Pew Experts Respond to President's State of the Union Address
In his 2013 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama raised two issues that are relevant to the work of The Pew Charitable Trusts: economic mobility and elections.
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- Project Update
- Home Visiting Campaign
Home Visiting Researchers, Service Providers, Policymakers, and Advocates gather for Third National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs
Today, more than 500 home visiting researchers, service providers, policymakers, and advocates are gathered for the Third National Summit on Quality in Home Visiting Programs in Washington, D.C. more
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- Press Release
- Election Initiatives
New Pew Study Identifies Seven States with Best Election Administration Performance in 2008 and 2010
Seven states performed well in both the 2008 and 2010 elections including Colorado, Delaware, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, Washington, and Wisconsin. The Pew Charitable Trusts released an Elections Performance Index that, for the first time ever, examines election administration performance across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The worst performing states during those years included Alabama, California, Mississippi, New York, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and West Virginia. more
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- Press Release
- States' Fiscal Health ,
- State Health Care Spending
Pew Study Finds 61 Cities' Retirement Systems Face $217 Billion Gap
Sixty-one key cities across America have emerged from the Great Recession with a gap of more than $217 billion between what they had promised their workers in pensions and retiree health care and what they had saved to pay that bill, according to a report released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts. more
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- Project Update
- Fiscal Federalism Initiative
Update: Fiscal Cliff Deal Poses Uncertainty For States
An update on how the sequester and possible future federal spending cuts could impact state budgets.
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- Press Release
- Economic Mobility Project
Pew Report Finds Recent College Graduates Well-Protected Against Worst Effects of Recession
The newest research from Pew’s Economic Mobility Project reveals that a four-year college degree helped shield the latest graduates from a range of poor employment outcomes during the Great Recession, including unemployment, low-skill jobs, and lesser wages. more
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- Press Release
- Children's Dental Campaign
Many States are Missing an Opportunity to Prevent Tooth Decay and Reduce Medicaid and Other Health-related Costs
Most states are not doing enough to use a proven strategy for preventing tooth decay, unnecessarily driving up health care costs for families and taxpayers.
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- Press Release
- Economic Development Tax Incentives
Pew: States Create Fiscal Risks by Failing to Control Tax Incentive Costs
Even in tight fiscal conditions, state lawmakers often approve tax incentives for economic development without reliable estimates of their budget impact or limits on their annual cost, a new report from the Pew Center on the States shows. more