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State and Local Issues: TaxVox

Trump Executive Action Shows Why Congress Should Federalize More of Unemployment Insurance

President Trump’s August 8th executive action creating a new supplemental weekly unemployment benefit has created mass confusion.
August 12, 2020Tracy Gordon
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

COVID-19 And Government Actions Caused State Tax Revenues To Plunge In April

States and localities across the country are facing an unprecedented fiscal situation from the economic shock of the COVID-19 pandemic. Governors are confronting drastically falling...
June 1, 2020Lucy Dadayan
State and Local Issues: TaxVox

No State is Immune From COVID-19’s Economic And Fiscal Fallout

The 50 states are diverse, but in the COVID-19 pandemic era, they share a key challenge: An economic and fiscal crisis of a size and...
May 27, 2020Richard C. Auxier