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Governor Mark Dayton delivered one of his final State of the State addresses in St. Paul. The headlines focused on the frightening moment when the governor fainted, but otherwise…

All Rhode Islanders need a fair shot to get ahead and stay ahead.

While not facing problems of the same magnitude as states like New York or Connecticut, the Old Dominion certainly faces some challenges. In four short years, Virginia has slipped from…

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback boasted Kansas is the “envy of the world” and “the state of our state is indeed strong.”  Despite the struggles in certain sectors of the economy-notably…

Plenty of ink has been spilled discussing the national races and political control of Congress this week. However, various measures decided by voters at the state level this week could…

Between 2011 and 2016, economic reforms impressively propelled Maine from 48th to where it now ranks at 38th in economic outlook in the 2016 edition of Rich States, Poor…

The Land of Lincoln remains on a dangerous fiscal trajectory, according to Unaccountable and Unaffordable 2016: Unfunded Public Pension Liabilities Near $5.6 Trillion, a new report on unfunded public…

Earlier this month opponents of tax reform released a 13-page publication cautioning Nebraska against following in the footsteps of its southern neighbor, Kansas. While the report does accurately note…

According to Governor Asa Hutchinson, Arkansas ended fiscal year 2016 with a budget surplus of $177.4 million – a sizable $117.3 million higher than the previous fiscal year. Individual and…

Digging deeper for policy pay dirt

Already one of the most competitive tax environments in the country, North Carolina tax collections again met a threshold that will trigger another reduction in the state’s corporate tax rate, bringing…

Florida’s economy is anything but retired. According to the latest in a series of economic forecasts from the University of Central Florida, growth in the state will largely outpace the…

For many years, Rich States, Poor States, Tax Myths Debunked and other ALEC publications have warned against over-reliance on state level income taxes – on both personal and…

The trend of international corporate inversions is the most recent high-profile indicator that taxes matter for economic development and job creation, but that signal is hardly the first to do…

In the recently released ninth-annual “Rich States, Poor States” report, many states saw their rankings move considerably. Among them was Kansas, which fell from its 2015 economic…