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1. A Look at Voters' Attitudes toward Accepting Federal Funds to Broaden Access to Health Coverage Through Medicaid

Summary:
This report examines the attitudes of voters in Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Texas as to if they believe their state should accept federal funds to expand Medicaid coverage....
Subject:
Medicaid
Year:
2013
Source:
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network

2. Avoiding Accountability: How Charter Operators Evade Ohio’s Automatic Closure Law

Summary:
This report examines a loophole in Ohio’s charter school closure law that enables failing schools to stay open. Ohio is reported to have one of the strongest charter closure laws, which requires the closure...
Subject:
Charter Schools, Assessment and Testing, Level - K-12 Education
Year:
2013
Source:
Policy Matters Ohio

3. Carbon Tax and Shift: How to Make it Work for Oregon's Economy

Summary:
This study analyzes a carbon tax and tax shift in Oregon as a means of reducing market inefficiencies by placing a meaningful price on carbon emissions. This study shows that a carbon tax can reduce...
Subject:
Taxation - Sales, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Taxation - Energy
Year:
2013
Source:
Northwest Economic Research Center, Portland State University

4. Employment Connection: Demand-driven Model Increases Job Placement

Summary:
This report examines the success of Employment Connection, a job training and placement agency. The agency was failing to connect its clients with employment opportunities and transition its services to a...
Subject:
Job and Workforce Training
Year:
2013
Source:
Policy Matters Ohio

5. Fresh Start: The Impact of Public Campaign Financing in Connecticut

Summary:
This 2013 report from Demos provides a summary of impacts of Connecticut's public financing system, which was implemented beginning in 2008. The system was created by 2005 Connecticut Public Act 5, an...
Subject:
Campaign Finance
Year:
2013
Source:
Demos

6. Land Value Tax Enabling Legislation: Pennsylvania and Five Other States

Summary:
The traditional property tax penalizes owners with higher taxes when they construct, improve or maintain buildings. It rewards owners with lower taxes when they allow buildings to deteriorate. Owners of...
Subject:
Taxation - Property, Taxation - Property, Taxation - Property
Year:
2013
Source:
Center for the Study of Economics

7. Measuring Opportunities for Working Families

Summary:
This report examines the status of Colorado's low-income working families. It contains Colorado-specific data on such topics as access to post-secondary education, number of families living in poverty,...
Subject:
Unemployment, Level - Higher Education, Wages and Compensation
Year:
2013
Source:
Bell Policy Center

8. Oil & Carbon Revisited: Value at Risk from ‘Unburnable’ Reserves

Summary:
This report examines how a low-carbon world may impact the European oil industry. The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook (2012 edition) estimated that in order to have a 50% chance of...
Subject:
Fossil Fuels, Climate Change, Private Investment Funds, Public Investment Funds
Year:
2013
Source:
HSBC Global Research

9. Policy in Action: New Jersey’s Family Leave Insurance Program at Age Three

Summary:
The report uses data made available by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWD), along with results from a public opinion poll conducted by the Eagleton Institute in August 2012, to...
Subject:
Work-Family Balance
Year:
2013
Source:
Center for Women and Work

10. Public Support for Marriage for Same-sex Couples by State

Summary:
The report examines public opinion polling data on support of same-sex marriage by state. The report finds: by the end of 2012, 12 states and the District of Columbia had support for same-sex marriage at or...
Subject:
Marriage, Civil Unions, and Domestic Partnerships
Year:
2013
Source:
The Williams Institute