Updated 11/12/08 Policy Points: States in Trouble Due To Economic Downturn

Updated 11/12/08 Facing Deficits, Many States Are Imposing Cuts That Hurt Vulnerable Residents

Updated 11/12/08 State Budget Problems Worsen

Updated 11/12/08 State Revenues Plummet: July-September Revenue Numbers Are Worst in Years

10/20/08 Iris Lav, Deputy Director, Testifies Before House Budget Committee on State Fiscal Problems

Updated 10/10/08 States Face Two Immediate Financial Issues: Short-Term Borrowing and Big Budget Deficits

9/26/08 Key Components of House and Senate Economic Recovery Packages Would Boost the Economy and Provided Needed Relief to Struggling Families

9/26/08 House Stimulus Plan Effectively Targets Relief to States

9/18/08 North Dakota's Measure 2 Would Harm Efforts to Secure State's Economic Future » press release

Updated 10/10/08 States Face Two Immediate Financial Issues: Short-Term Borrowing and Big Budget Deficits

Updated 8/5/08 29 States Face Total Budget Shortfall of At Least $48 Billion in 2009

Updated 7/9/08 Economic Data Can Be Used To Target State Fiscal Relief Effectively

2/29/08 Fiscal Stimulus at the State Level?

Revised 1/30/08 Senate Rebate Proposal Targets More Funds to Low-Income Households, Boosting Stimulus Impact

12/18/07 14 States Face Total Budget Shortfall of at Least $29 Billion in 2009; 12 Others Expect Budget Problems

8/9/07 Statement by Nicholas Johnson on the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Survey of Fiscal Conditions

7/31/07 State Expenditure Growth Slowing

4/20/07 How Strong Are State Budgets?

10/10/06 Tax Cuts on Layaway: The Short– and Long-term Fiscal Implications of 2006 State Tax Actions

12/6/05 State Revenues and Services Remain Below Pre-Recession Levels

5/9/05 Framing the Choices » press release

Revised 2/15/05 State Fiscal Crisis Lingers: Cuts Still Loom

7/29/04 States' Heavy Reliance on Spending Cuts and One-Time Measures to Close Their Budget Gaps Leaves Programs at Risk

6/15/04 A Response to GAO’s Criticisms of State Fiscal Grants

Revised 5/12/04 States Face Continuing Fiscal Problems; Evidence from Recent Reports

Revised 4/26/04 Many States Cut Budgets as Fiscal Squeeze Continues

Revised 2/25/04 Fiscal Crisis is Shrinking State Budgets

Revised 2/6/04 State Budget Deficits Projected for Fiscal Year 2005

Revised 11/25/03 State Revenues Have Fallen Dramatically; Tax Increases So Far Have Failed to Fill the Gap

Revised 8/1/03 Did States Spend Their Way Into The Current Fiscal Crisis?

Revised 6/13/03 Using Income Taxes To Address State Budget Shortfalls

5/21/03 State Tax Increases are Necessary to Preserve Basic Services: Background on Options Available to States

5/9/03 Severe State Fiscal Crisis May Be Worsening

4/9/03 The State Fiscal Crisis Was Not Caused By Overspending

3/20/03 Proposed State Medicaid Cuts Would Jeopardize Health Insurance Coverage For 1.7 Million People: An Update