State Policy
December 10, 2009 -
Yesterday the National Conference on State Legislatures released a report on how the recession is hitting state budgets, and the news was grim: "The states are facing nearly unprecedented declines in revenuecollections," said William Pound, executive director of the NCSL."Coupled with probable declines in federal stimulus support over thenext two year, the state fiscal picture is bleak. We're heading intoan era of retro budgeting, where state spending is receding to levelsfive to 10 years ago."
October 23, 2009 -
"These jobs are going boys, and they ain't coming back." -- Bruce Springstein, "My Hometown"
September 24, 2009 -
A new study uses post-Katrina data to examine the wide and stark disparities in the life expectancy, educational attainment, and incomes of African Americans and whites in Louisiana.
September 22, 2009 -
Local lawmakers across the South are stepping up to weigh in on the health care debate.
September 3, 2009 -
Texas Governor Rick Perry's talk of secession last spring has fed the efforts of a group of Texas secessionists who say it's time for the governor to follow through.