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Upgrading Democracy
This 2010 report argued that Americans deserve a more cost-effective, accurate and efficient registration system that protects the integrity of the process and ensures that more eligible voters—and only eligible voters—are on the rolls.
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Many States Fail to Measure Performance of Transportation Dollars
States spent an estimated $131 billion on transportation in fiscal year 2010 but many cannot answer critical questions about what returns this investment is generating. more
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April 25, 2011
The Widening Gap
The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money set aside to pay for them grew to at least $1.26 trillion in fiscal year 2009—a 26 percent increase in one year—according to a Pew report.
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- Data Visualizations
- States' Fiscal Health
A Decade of Pension Reforms
The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money set aside to pay for them grew to at least $1.26 trillion in fiscal year 2009—a 26 percent increase in one year—according to a Pew report.
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- Stateline Story
Budget Session Begins in Louisiana Legislature
TODAY'S TAKE: While most states have been debating their budgets for weeks, Louisiana lawmakers are only now turning their attention to a $1.6 billion shortfall - an already difficult task complicated by election-year politics and a just-ended battle over redistricting. more
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- Opinion
- Election Initiatives
Editorial: Let Voters Opt Out of Sample Ballots Sent by U.S. Mail
Ventura County could save more than $100,000 during every major election if as few as one in five voters would agree to receive the sample-ballot information online instead of by U.S. mail.
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April 11, 2011
State of Recidivism
More than four in ten offenders nationwide return to state prison within three years of their release despite a massive increase in state spending on prisons, according to this 2011 report.
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- Data Visualizations
- Public Safety Performance Project
The Revolving Door of America's Prisons
The correctional landscape varies dramatically in scale, policy and practice from state to state. Pew's analysis of state level data uncovered interesting findings related to prisoner releases and rates of recidivism in the past decade.
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- Stateline Story
Foreclosure Aid Program Gets Underway in Florida
SOCIAL POLICY BEAT: Florida rolls out a program to help homeowners avoid foreclosure … A GOP plan to turn food stamps into a block grant gets mixed reviews … Texas experiences a child boom, and other social policy news. more
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- Stateline Story
Louisiana State of the State Address 2011
BATON ROUGE, La. - March 20 - Following is the prepared text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's (R) 2011 state of the state address: Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, fellow state wide elected officials, and the Senators and Representatives. Family and friends fellow residents of the great state of Louisiana. Thank you for the pri
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