Press Releases
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Sheila Bair's Remarks at the Pew Housing Conference, 'Strategies to Improve the Housing Market'
Pew Senior Advisor Sheila Bair gives opening remarks for "Strategies to Improve the Housing Market," a conference that analyzed the scope and scale of challenges facing the housing market and possible solutions. more
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- Home Visiting Campaign
Iowa Law Directs Home Visiting Funds to Proven Programs
Iowa has emerged as a national leader for using solid evidence and data-driven accountability systems to get the best possible outcomes from its home visiting investments.
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- Children's Dental Campaign
New Hampshire Takes Strong First Step to Improve Access to Dental Care and Overcome State's Dentist Shortage
Last week, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed into law Senate Bill 284, which enables the state to take a strong first step toward reducing the barriers to dental care by expanding the scope of services that dental hygienists can perform after they are certified by the Board of Dental Examiners.. more
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- States' Fiscal Health
Pew Study Finds Shortfall in States' Retirement Systems Has Grown To At Least $1.38 Trillion
The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money they have set aside grew to at least $1.38 trillion in fiscal year 2010, resulting in a nine percent increase in one year, according to a report released by the Pew Center on the States. more
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- Safe Checking in the Electronic Age
Pew Finds Consumers Subject to Unclear Policies, Leading to Unnecessary Costs When Navigating Checking Accounts
The Pew Safe Checking in the Electronic Age Project released Still Risky: An Update on the Safety and Transparency of Checking Accounts today, a report that examines the many financial risks consumers face when they open a checking account. more
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Former FDIC Chair to Lead Systemic Risk Council, Monitor Financial Regulation
The Systemic Risk Council, a private sector, volunteer group led by former Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chair Sheila Bair, will convene this month to monitor and encourage regulatory reform of U.S. capital markets focused on systemic risk. more
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- Public Safety Performance Project
New Pew Study Finds 36 Percent Increase in Prison Time Served
Prisoners released in 2009 served an average of nine additional months in custody, or 36 percent longer, than offenders released in 1990, according to a report released today by the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance Project. more
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- American Cities Project
Pew: Localities Squeezed by Reduction in State Aid and Property Taxes, Growing Demand for Services
For the first time since 1980, state aid and property taxes, two primary sources of funding, are dropping simultaneously, according to a new report. more
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- Home Visiting Campaign
Maryland Adopts Data-Driven Policies for Home Visiting
In April, Maryland lawmakers unanimously approved legislation that creates one of the best systems in the nation for investing home visiting dollars effectively.
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- Public Safety Performance Project
Oregonians Support Public Safety Reform
Governor Kitzhaber today called for sentencing and corrections changes to improve the effectiveness of public safety programs and reduce costs for taxpayers. more