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Is New England underinvesting in public infrastructure?
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Preparing for the storm: rainy day funds in New England
Rainy day funds have played an important role in alleviating the current state fiscal crisis. This article examines the benefits of these funds, the various ways in which they can be structured, and the differences in the structure and use of these funds in New England.
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Do New England state and local governments have too many employees, and are they overpaid?
Americans tend to be ambivalent about their state and local governments. On the one hand, they desire and receive a host of public services from state and local governments, including education, police and fire protection, and the maintenance of roadways. Voters are often disenchanted by efforts to curtail these services or by a deterioration in their quality. On the other hand, many Americans think that their state and local taxes, especially local property taxes, are too high, and many citizens believe that their state and local tax dollars could be used more efficiently. Calls for ...
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New TANF block grants: more funds now, but enough in hard times?
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State gambling revenues: are legislators becoming addicted?
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Medicaid: fiscal ill or fiscal cure?
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How will New Hampshire solve its school funding problem? part 1 of 3
In December 1997, the New Hampshire Supreme Court decided that the local property tax used to fund the states K-12 public education was set at $6.60 per $1,000 of a propertys value. On the surface, this measure would appear to meet the stipulation of equal and proportionate, since a uniform tax rate is applied equally to all property owners across the state. However, on January 17, 2001, Rockingham Superior Court Judge Richard E. Galway ruled in Sirrell, et al. v. State of New Hampshire, et al. that the new statewide property tax was also unconstitutional. A divided state Supreme Court ...