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Bank:Federal Reserve Bank of Boston  Series:Fiscal Facts 

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Lean state funding pinches budgets of New England public colleges and universities

Fiscal Facts , Issue Sum , Pages 1-2, 8

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Is New England underinvesting in public infrastructure?

Fiscal Facts , Issue Win , Pages 1-5

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How will New Hampshire solve its school funding problem?: part 3 of 3

Ever since the New Hampshire Supreme Court decided in Claremont II that the local property tax used to fund K-12 public education was unconstitutional, policymakers have struggled to find a permanent solution to the school finance problem. In June 2001, after a rancorous two-year public debate, and nearly four years after the Claremont II decision, policymakers enacted a second plan that made the statewide property tax permanent and added sufficient supplemental revenues to finance the legislature's definition of the amount required to fund an "adequate" education. However, the school ...
Fiscal Facts , Issue Win , Pages 1-8

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Are excise tax revenues a quick fix?

Fiscal Facts , Issue Fall , Pages 1-3, 8

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New England AFDC caseloads remain high despite the recovery

Fiscal Facts , Issue Win , Pages 1-2, 8

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How will New Hampshire solve its school funding problem? part 2 of 3

Ever since the New Hampshire Supreme Court decided in Claremont II that the local property tax used to fund K-12 public education was unconstitutional, policymakers have struggled to find a permanent solution to the school finance problem. In 1999, the legislature enacted an interim funding plan centered around a temporary statewide property tax. The price tag of providing New Hampshire students with an "adequate" education was set at $825 million in spending, but the funding plan raised revenues of only about $725 million. Thus, lawmakers were aware that they would have to revisit the ...
Fiscal Facts , Issue Fall , Pages 1-5

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The federal Medicare prescription drug bill plan: its implications for the New England states

The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 contains several provisions that carry significant fiscal implications for the New England states. Chief among these is the new laws treatment of individuals eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid.
Fiscal Facts , Issue Win , Pages 1-5

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Cash assistance for New England's needy

Fiscal Facts , Issue Sum

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Should Internet sales transactions be taxed?

Over the past three years, electronic commerce has grown explosively at rates of 200 to 300 percent per year. After spending just $2.4 billion over the Internet in 1997, consumers transacted about $25 billion in Internet sales in 1999, according to an estimate by Ernst & Young. The firm predicts that the value of on-line transactions will double to $50 billion in the current year. By 2004, says Forrester Research, Internet sales to consumers will reach $184 billion, an annualized growth rate of 49 percent over the five-year period from 2000 to 2004.
Fiscal Facts , Issue Win , Pages 1-4

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Are New Englanders all that reserved ? (adequacy of budgetary reserves)

Fiscal Facts , Issue Sum

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