New Reports on State Budgets

Stateline.org's guest commentary features Raymond C. Scheppach, an economist and executive director of the National Governors Association, on States and the Stimulus with a discussion of the stimulus package, the economy and state budgets.

The National Conference of State Legislatures has documented State Measures to Balance FY 2010 Budgets with a series of tables that document the measures, both proposed and enacted, that states are taking to close their budget gaps.

The March issue of the State Economic Review by the National Governor's Association provides an update on state budgets and takes a look at the President's mortgage plan.

The Rockefeller Institute's State Revenue Flash Report looks at the sharp declines in state revenues in the 4th quarter.

For strategies in tough state budget times.