Welfare

State Flexibility Essential to Preserving the Safety Net

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • July 17, 2012

Last week, I noted a number of states whose governors were refusing the Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act because of the costs the expansion would impose. Over…

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Taxes & Economy

State Spending Binges

  • Nathan Benefield
  • April 14, 2009

The latest Reason Magazine has a fine article on why state governments needed a bailout and why they will again – overspending.  In 2002 the National…

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State Budget

State Spending Cuts Continue

  • Elizabeth Stelle
  • October 31, 2008

Governor Rendell has “discovered” an additional $111 million in spending cuts bringing the total up from $200 million to $311 million. The cuts are a result…

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