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Study Finds Strong Link between State Gun Laws and Gun Violence
A new study, examining gun violence in all 50 states, finds “the 10 states with the weakest gun laws collectively have an aggregate level of gun violence that is more than twice as high—104 percent higher, in fact—than the 10 states with … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Health
Tagged gun control, gun laws, guns, homocide, NRA, second amendment, states, violence
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The Effects of the Sequester on Your State
Our government has identified the effects of the sequestration on each state. Click on the links below. 1. Alabama 2. Alaska 3. Arizona 4. Arkansas 5. California 6. Colorado 7. Connecticut 8. Delaware 9. District of Columbia 10. Florida 11. Georgia 12. Hawaii 13. Idaho 14. Illinois 15. Indiana 16. Iowa 17. Kansas 18. Kentucky 19. Louisiana 20. Maine 21. Maryland … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government
Tagged austerity economics, budget, economy, government, sequestration, states
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State Report Cards on Education Can’t Be Trusted
It turns out those report cards which grade the states on educational policies reflect the ideological beliefs of the grading organization. From Inside Higher Education: “Be careful about putting too much weight in the “report cards” various organizations issue about … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Science, Secondary Education
Tagged accountability, ideology, report cards, secondary education, states
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Variance in Unemployment Rates
The Economist has an interesting interactive graph depicting the wide variance in unemployment across the States. You will have to go to the The Economist site to enjoy the interactive feature.
Scholarly Research on the Effect of Right to Work Laws on Economic Outcomes
Many Cable-TV pundits are commenting on the effects of Right to Work laws on state and country economic outcomes. Unfortunately few have done their homework to examine what scholarly research finds. Stevans (2009) offers a sophisticated study of the effects … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government
Tagged economic growth, economy, outcomes, personal income, proprietors income, right-to-work, states, unions, wages
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Study: Increasing Income Inequality Across America
The Center on Budget Policies Priorities has published a new study demonstrating increasing levels of household income across American states. Two graphs follow. The first graph depicts average household income for the richest 20% of families to the poorest 20% … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Income Distribution, Inequality, Socio-economic Status
Tagged household income, income distribution, inequality, states
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Income, the Earned Income Tax Credit and Infant Health
One of the central components of the safety net in the U.S. is the Earned Income Tax Credit. In some states the EITC is under attack with a goal to scale back or eliminate the benefit for the working poor, … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Health, Income Distribution, Inequality, Socio-economic Status, Taxes
Tagged budgets, EITC, federal, government, health, inequality, infants, low birth weight, safety-net, socio-economic status, states
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Friday’s Polling of 22 Swing States: Obama Leads in 19
“There were 22 polls of swing states published Friday. Of these, Mr. Obama led in 19 polls, and two showed a tie. Mitt Romney led in just one of the surveys, a Mason-Dixon poll of Florida.” Source: Nate Silver’s 538 … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Government, Science
Tagged 538, election, Obama, polls, Silver, states
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Do Political Field Office Advantages Matter?
The conventional wisdom is in a close political campaign the winner goes to the campaign that has the best “ground game” to get out the vote. The corollary to this proposition is the campaign with the greatest number of field offices … Continue reading
Posted in Elections, Government
Tagged elections, field offices, Obama, Romney, states, votes
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Manufacturing Jobs Growth Differs Sharply Across Post-World II Presidential Administrations
Democratic Administrations Appear to Produce Significantly More Jobs Via Keystone Research Center HARRISBURG, PA (October 15, 2012) – State-level manufacturing job growth has varied across the 16 presidential administrations since 1948, with significant gains in most states across the seven … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Government
Tagged Democrat, economy, job creation, jobs, manufacturing, parties, Republican, states
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