November 18, 2009
Susan Urahn of the Pew Center on the States: States in Fiscal Peril
Which state will be "the next California"? The Pew Center on the States has attempted to answer this question by evaluating the factors that led to California's budget crisis and identifying other states that face similar problems. "Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril" shows that Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin join California as the most troubled states. In this week's podcast, Susan Urahn, Managing Director of the Pew Center on the States, discusses what these states have in common and other key trends of the study. "The interesting thing about this group of states is even though they face many of the same pressures that California does, they're all very different," Urahn says.
View the full Pew Center on the States report, "Beyond California: States in Fiscal Peril." More on California. View the Tax Foundation's Center for State Fiscal Policy.
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