The LATEST from ND
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- Stateline Story
Best of #StateReads: California Parks Director Resigns After Budget Revelations
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter. more
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- Stateline Story
Subprime Practices of Student Loan Lenders Might Not Mean Settlement
Banks paid states $25 billion for subprime mortgage lending, but similar private student lending practices might not yield the same result. more
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- Stateline Story
Infographic: Annual State Lottery Sales
New York led all states in lottery sales in fiscal year 2011. Massachusetts residents spent more per capita than residents of any other state. more
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- Stateline Story
States Consider Politically Fraught Welfare Waivers
States consider their options — and the politics — of the federal welfare waivers proposal. more
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July 19, 2012
Who Borrows, Where They Borrow, and Why
This report answers major questions about who borrowers are demographically; how people borrow; how much they spend; why they use payday loans; what other options they have; and whether state regulations reduce borrowing or simply drive borrowers online.
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- Media Coverage
- Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project
'Fast Cash' Payday Loans Cost Borrowers $520 Per Year in Fees
Americans tempted by the promise of fast cash are paying an average of $520 a year in fees for short-term credit lines known as payday loans.
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- Stateline Story
Report: Without Major Overhauls, State Budget Crises Will Linger
A lack of government transparency and a focus on federal budget woes have masked state budget crisis, leaving them largely unaddressed, according to a report released Wednesday. Without major change, the report warns, soaring costs of Medicaid and shrinking tax collections will only worsen the problem. more
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- Stateline Story
Best of #StateReads: Illinois Fails to Investigate Abuse and Neglect in Deaths of Disabled
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter. more
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- Dispatch
- Election Initiatives
The Impact of Election Jurisdiction Size
A recent draft paper by David Kimball, University of Missouri-Saint Louis, and Brady Baybeck, Wayne State University, found that, in the 2008 presidential election, large jurisdictions—those serving more than 50,000 voters—accounted for approximately two-thirds of the nation’s voters.
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- Stateline Story
Report: State Fracking Oversight Laws Need Overhaul
States aren’t doing enough to ensure that water supplies are safe during the controversial fracking process, a new report finds. Natural gas companies are able to circumvent laws, it says, through loopholes protecting “trade secrets.” more
