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Volume XXV No. 20 - July 10 2017
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Blog Post:
Budgets Late In Many States
Mary Peck
Ten states started the 2018 fiscal year on July 1 without a budget in place, according to the Tax Foundation. A partial government shutdown in one of those states, Maine, ended on the 4th of July when Gov. Paul LePage (R) signed a budget compromise eliminating a controversial 3 percent income tax surcharge...
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7 Jul 2017
Blog Post:
Lawsuits Forcing States to Spend Millions on Hep C Treatment
Mary Peck
A federal judge in Indiana ruled this month that denying or delaying treatment of prison inmates infected with hepatitis C constituted cruel and unusual punishment, in violation of the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment. A similar ruling last year in Florida and settlements in Colorado and Massachusetts...
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28 Sep 2018
Blog Post:
Budgets in Brief - March 11 2019
Mary Peck
MN GOV PROPOSES $1.3B IN BORROWING MINNESOTA Gov. Tim Walz (D) has proposed borrowing nearly $1.3 billion to provide more affordable housing, fix buildings on college campuses and repair transportation infrastructure. Although parts of the governor’s plan have broad appeal, the state’s...
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8 Mar 2019
Blog Post:
Soda Taxes Stalled in States
Mary Peck
In his budget address in late February, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) called for a tax increase on sodas and other sugary drinks. Soda tax legislation has also been introduced this year in California, Massachusetts New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures...
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3 May 2019