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June 18, 2012
The Widening Gap Update
The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money they have set aside to pay these bills was at least $1.38 trillion in fiscal year 2010, according to Pew's latest comprehensive analysis on pension and retiree health care funding. more
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- States' Fiscal Health
The Widening Gap
The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money they have set aside to pay these bills was at least $1.38 trillion in fiscal year 2010 more
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- State Fact Sheet
- States' Fiscal Health
Widening Gap Update: Delaware
While Delaware failed to consistently pay its full annual pension contribution from 2005to 2010, the system was 92 percent funded in fiscal year 2010—largely due to its strong past performance. Delaware faced a $633 million funding gap in 2010 because of its pension liabilities. more
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- Stateline Story
Competing Globally: Governors Give, Get Ideas
Politicians in hyper-partisan Washington may shun any proposal from across the aisle, but some governors aren’t shy about stealing a neighboring state’s idea and giving credit, regardless of their counterpart’s political party. more
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- Stateline Story
In Energy Policy, A Year Marked by Clashes in Federalism
New federal rules for power plants and natural gas drillers stirred heated debate in statehouses this year. more
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- Stateline Story
Best of #StateReads: Getting Aggressive With Pension Investments
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter. more
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- Stateline Story
Congress Seeks Input on State Nuclear Waste Woes
A U.S. Congressional subcommittee on Thursday (June 7) addressed a question states have long hoped the federal government would answer: Where will nuclear power plants permanently store their growing stockpiles of spent fuel and other hazardous waste? It’s a problem that has gone unresolved for decades, as the fede
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- American Cities Project
The Local Squeeze
While states slowly recover in the wake of the Great Recession, local governments have been hit with a one-two punch: State aid and property taxes, which together account for more than half of local revenues, are dropping simultaneously for the first time since 1980.
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- Stateline Story
States, Feds Poised to Write New Chapter in Public Safety Communications
As a plan for a national emergency network takes shape, many questions remain unanswered. more
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- Stateline Story
Delaware Gov Defends Common Core
A handful of states are reconsidering their pledges to adopt the common national standards in English and math, citing concerns about federal intrusion into the states. Supporters say that’s misguided. more
