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- Stateline Story
In a Year of Cuts, Some College Presidents Get a Raise
EDUCATION BEAT: Top higher education officials have gotten raises wthout controversy in Alaska and Montana, but a proposed increase in Utah has incited responses from angry legislators and the governor.more -
- Stateline Story
Dividend Day in Alaska Brings $1,174 Checks
TODAY'S TAKE: On a live TV broadcast aired statewide on Tuesday (September 20), Alaska Governor Sean Parnell tore open a golden envelope and revealed the amount that each resident will receive this year just for living in Alaska.more -
- Analysis
- Children's Dental Campaign
Reimbursing Physicians for Fluoride Varnish
For young children, the medical office is an ideal place to deliver a set of preventive dental services—including the application of fluoride varnish.
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- Stateline Story
Pentagon Cuts Have Military States Worried
The federal debt-reduction deal contains at least $350 billion - but perhaps as much as $950 billion - in defense spending cuts over 10 years. Some states see serious problems for their military-dependent economies.more -
- Stateline Story
As Shuttle Program Ends, States Step Up Roles in Space
With NASA focused on deep-space missions, the federal government is increasingly turning to private companies to handle more routine flights. Now, states are competing to lure the space entrepreneurs-and the high-tech jobs they promise-to their new or refashioned launch facilities.more -
- Report
- Children's Dental Campaign
The State of Children's Dental Health
More than 16 million children still lack access to basic dental care despite efforts by states to improve their dental health policies, according to the 2011 50-state report card from Pew.
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- Featured Collection
- Children's Dental Campaign
Fact Sheets: The State of Children's Dental Health
In the face of major budget shortfalls, 22 states were able to improve their dental polices from 2010. See how all the states did in our collection of state factsheets. more
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- Data Visualizations
- Children's Dental Campaign
Children's Dental Health
Pew assessed and graded all 50 states and the District of Columbia, using an A to F scale, on how well they are employing eight proven and promising policy approaches to strengthen dental health and access to care for disadvantaged children. more
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- Stateline Story
Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Falters
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT BEAT: Low natural gas prices undercut plans for a pipeline from Alaska to the Lower 48 ... Florida's environmental agency ends fight against global warming ... Montana limits environmental review challenges, and more energy and environment news. more
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- Analysis
- Economic Mobility Project
Economic Mobility and the American Dream: Where Do We Stand in the Wake of the Great Recession?
The Pew Economic Mobility Project conducted an update to its 2009 national poll to reassess the public's perceptions of economic mobility and the American Dream two years later, as the nation emerges from the Great Recession.
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