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  • January 11, 2017

    State Rundown 1/11: State Legislative Sessions Kick Off Amid Uncertainty

    This week brings still more states looking for solutions to revenue shortfalls, multiple governors’ State of The State addresses, important reading on counter-transparency and local-preemption efforts, and more.  — Meg Wiehe, ITEP State Policy Director, @megwiehe A Nebraska legislator this week diagnosed the state’s $900 million revenue shortfall in plain terms, describing it as “self-inflicted […]

  • January 4, 2017

    State Rundown 1/4: Revenue Shortfalls, Gas Tax Changes Dominate Early Debates

    This week we bring you updates on major revenue shortfalls looming in Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania, as well as gas tax changes taking effect in some states and being debated in others. — Meg Wiehe, ITEP State Policy Director, @megwiehe Oklahoma lawmakers are weighing options to close the state’s $870 million shortfall. Up for discussion are […]
  • Aidan Davis
    Aidan Davis
    State Policy Director
    August 3, 2016

    Fiscal Policy Shake-up Comes to Energy States

    The sharp decline in oil prices since summer 2014 has allowed consumers to save hundreds of dollars annually at the pump, but it also has left some energy producing states clamoring to come up with policy ideas to make up for lost revenue.
  • Dylan Grundman O
    Dylan Grundman O'Neill
    Senior Policy Analyst
    June 24, 2016

    Weird New Jersey Tax Debates Continue

    The New Jersey Legislature is considering a proposal to increase the state’s gas tax but at the same time some lawmakers are insisting that that tax increase be paired with tax cuts for the wealthiest New Jerseyans. Perhaps most bizarre is that the state is considering providing a tax cut for retirement and pension income (a move that would benefit the best-off state residents) while also weighing cuts to the revenue that funds state pensions.

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