Forum tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2010-11-19:/forum//2 2013-05-17T19:08:55Z Movable Type 5.02 Jerry Brown: Tax increases hurt tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1815 2013-05-17T18:04:52Z 2013-05-17T19:08:55Z California Gov. Jerry Brown championed a $7 billion tax increase last November as the fiscal medicine for California's future. After his Proposition 30 passed, Brown was exultant. At a budget presentation in early January he projected a $4.5 billion surplus... Steve Malanga Cleveland teachers union agrees to performance pay plan, and we can read the contract tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1814 2013-05-15T22:01:08Z 2013-05-16T12:29:41Z Paul Kersey Business leaders shun states with powerful public unions tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1813 2013-05-15T14:49:19Z 2013-05-15T16:11:35Z Chief Executive magazine has released its annual survey of states that business executives say are the best for business, and the worst. It's no surprise that, over the years, business leaders have often expressed preferences for states with low levels... Steve Malanga How to explain Bloomberg's political success? People like his policies. tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1812 2013-05-14T11:47:55Z 2013-05-14T12:17:33Z New Yorkers like Mayor Bloomberg's policies more than they do Mayor Bloomberg himself.According to a new Manhattan Institute poll conducted by Zogby Analytics, over 2/3 of city voters believe that the next mayor of New York should either continue Bloomberg's... Steve Eide California lawsuit seeks to end mandatory union dues tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1810 2013-05-09T18:43:24Z 2013-05-10T00:16:27Z In Illinois and many other states, government workers are often forced to pay union dues in order to hold on to their jobs. But a lawsuit filed on behalf of teachers in California may bring this practice to an end.... Paul Kersey What kind of precedent did the SEC just set in Harrisburg? tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1809 2013-05-07T15:48:45Z 2013-05-07T19:10:43Z The Securities and Exchange Commission appears to have stepped over a line into uncharted territory with its charges against the city of Harrisburg for misleading investors about its financial condition. This is now the third municipal bond case the SEC... Steve Malanga Baltimore corruption and the corrections officers' union tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1808 2013-05-07T15:05:58Z 2013-05-07T16:20:09Z Daniel DiSalvo State and local jobs: has the bleeding been stanched? tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1805 2013-05-06T14:02:10Z 2013-05-06T14:21:15Z At present, state and local governments employ 19 million Americans, 14% of total nonfarm employment. That's 725,000 fewer employees than their peak in the summer of 2008. A 3.7% drop. Total US jobs fell farther (-6.3%) from peak (January 2008)... Steve Eide Report: governments now doing less with more tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1804 2013-05-06T10:33:27Z 2013-05-06T10:50:08Z We've all heard of governments "doing more with less" and "doing less with less" but, according to "Government Crowded Out," a new report by Dan Disalvo, the real trend is "doing less with more." The recession ended four years ago,... Steve Eide States' finances underlie need for Medicaid reform tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1802 2013-05-03T15:13:16Z 2013-05-06T01:54:19Z Fiscal instability is not only an issue nationally - driven largely by health care spending - but at the state and local levels as well. A new GAO report illustrates the magnitude of the fiscal challenges facing states, and identifies... Yevgeniy Feyman S&P is bullish on state governments and GAO bearish. Who's right? tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1801 2013-05-03T12:03:52Z 2013-05-06T04:04:58Z Steve Eide Obama budget paints a target on the blue states tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1800 2013-05-02T11:47:15Z 2013-05-02T12:20:31Z The 2014 Obama budget, released last month, includes a 28% cap on tax exemptions and deductions, a proposal the President has made so many times that people are beginning to suspect that he's serious about it. New York governor Andrew... Steve Eide California Democrats push new fad to pump up spending tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1799 2013-05-02T00:57:09Z 2013-05-02T01:04:03Z Leave it to California's union-friendly Democratic leaders (OK, that's all of them) to take a reasonably good idea and turn it into a way to increase the size of government and pad union members' paychecks. Senate President pro tem Darrell... Steven Greenhut California's 'wall of debt' much higher than stated tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1798 2013-05-02T00:50:05Z 2013-05-02T00:56:13Z Steven Greenhut Pension Reform Effort Dies in Florida tag:www.publicsectorinc.com,2013:/forum//2.1797 2013-05-01T18:26:25Z 2013-05-01T19:20:14Z A law that would have moved all of Florida's new state and municipal workers who participate in the Florida retirement system into 401(k) style plans failed yesterday, as about one-third of Republicans in the state senate joined Democrats in voting... Steve Malanga