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- State Fact Sheet
- States' Fiscal Health
Measuring Transportation Investments: Nevada
A May 2011 report, Measuring Transportation Investments: The Road to Results, found considerable differences among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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- State Fact Sheet
Children's Dental Health: Nevada
Nevada meets half of the eight policy benchmarks aimed at addressing children’s dental health needs. In 2009, the state surpassed the threshold of Medicaid-enrolled children receiving dental care, even though Medicaid reimbursement slipped slightly in relation to dentists’ usual fees. more
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- Report
- Election Initiatives
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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- Stateline Story
States' Casino Tax Revenue Tops $7 Billion
Gambling expansion meant a sizeable amount of extra money for some states last year - but it meant a declining take for others.more -
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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- 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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