Date Published: 11/10/2011

Description: Legislators in at least 16 states have considered legislation to create state-owned banks to encourage economic development and generate revenue. There are pros and cons.

Date Published: 11/10/2011

Description: Several factors determine a state’s business climate including operation costs, workforce skills, taxes and regulations, quality of life and cost of living.

Date Published: 10/3/2011

Description: New Jersey is the first state to ban discrimination against the unemployed as more employers choose to keep the unemployed from applying for jobs.

Date Published: 9/1/2011

Description: NCSL's State Budget Update: Summer 2011 gives an overview of state fiscal conditions for all 50 states and Puerto Rico.

Date Published: 9/1/2011

Description: Privatization is one option state legislators have to make government less expensive yet more responsive to citizens.

Date Published: 2/1/2011

Description: Several state policies can be used to help low to middle-income families build financial assets, enabling them to survive a financial crisis.

Date Published: 1/5/2010

Description: As student education and living expenses increase, more students have relied on credit cards and indicate the need for more financial management education.

Date Published: 10/1/2009

Description: Economic gardening helps develop jobs by providing market information, connecting business owners and resource providers, and building and supporting community assets.

Date Published: 1/1/2009

Description: Increased communication among businesses and governments, more transparency on economic development arrangements, and heightened concerns about financial accountability are moving states toward fuller disclosure of economic development program goals, their costs and their results. This timely discussion highlights recent state efforts to improve economic development information and identifies specific programs and legislation in the areas of workforce development, rural economic development. and entrepreneurship and small business.

Date Published: 6/30/2007

Description: Workforce development can improve states' competitiveness and economic well-being, support working families, and help individuals find employment that uses and enhances their skills and pays an adequate wage. States have a critical role in delivering workforce development services to individuals and employers alike.