More Bad News as Connecticut Grapples With Its Deepening Budget Crisis
Revenue shortfalls put the state $5 billion in the hole against a $36 billion biennial spending plan.
Data Collection Effort Aims to Shed More Light on Local Government’s ‘13 Percent’ Challenge
“We’re hoping that a lot of people can come together and rally behind this.”
The Main Reason Americans Are Ditching New York And Flocking to Cowboy Land
You can now get cortados in downtown Dallas—and maybe a job, too.
The Four Eras of American Jobs, in One Century-spanning Chart
The future belongs to health care.
The States Where Work-Related Fatality Rates Are the Highest
A new AFL-CIO report looks at the geography of workplace deaths and injuries.
State CIOs Need to Fill the Agile Void
That means finding ways to introduce agile skillsets to the government enterprise.
Why Foreign Worker Visa Reform Is a Top Priority in Colorado
In times of low unemployment, “it’s a real challenge to hire as many people as we need and keep them through the whole [ski] season.” And Colorado’s growing tech sector faces similar challenges.
Matching Ex-Offenders With Hard-To-Fill Health Care Jobs
People with arrest and conviction records can help with hard-to-fill jobs, but employing them creates legal and administrative challenges.
Trump’s Proposed Block Grant Cuts Loom Over Michigan’s ‘Disability Belt’
Unemployment and lack of access to quality care during the last recession sent hundreds of thousands of Michiganders into a spiral of declining health they can’t extricate themselves from to find work. Now their only lifeline is threatened.
Note to Tech-Savvy Cities: It’s Not All About Attracting Millennials
A recent Brookings Institution paper explores the importance of residents from older age groups to cultivate thriving “innovation districts.”
California’s Message to ‘Disillusioned’ Federal Employees
The Golden State may be home a golden career opportunity.
Follow the Data Trail: Using Analytics to Defeat Fraud
Why taxpayers are still paying entitlement benefits to dead people—and other fraudsters.
Outsourcing Proposal in Maine Worries Parks Advocates
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Ohio prisoner plan would pay county governments; Pa. Senate bill would undermine rules from Philly and Pittsburgh; and flu numbers jump in Connecticut.
With Growth of the Gig Economy, States Rethink How Workers Get Benefits
Lawmakers in Washington state and New York are thinking about reforming the social safety net for the 21st century.
States Struggle to Close Their Own Gender Pay Gaps
Despite transparency rules, anti-discrimination laws and standardized pay rates, states still struggle with gender pay inequities in their government workforces.
Police Officers in Iowa Decry GOP Plan; Austin Mayor’s Open Letter on ICE’s ‘Secretive Raids’
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Florida’s Everglades are at an environmental “tipping point”; snowplow driver shortage in Maine; and Oklahoma governor’s sales tax expansion.
Missouri Gov. Signs Anti-Union Bill; St. Petersburg Mayor Makes Sanctuary City Declaration
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: More sanitation troubles in Michigan prisons; Baltimore minimum wage bill; and lieutenant governor position may be axed in Illinois.
Unpaid State Employee Health Care Bills Mount in Illinois; L.A. Police Worry About Trump Order
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: S.C. may outlaw exotic animals; water agency in Ky. coal country under investigation; and Texas petrochemical plant plan irks farmers.
A Public-Private Effort to Build New Tech Careers in Kentucky’s Coal Country
TechHire Eastern Kentucky is different than a community college training course or coding bootcamp. And it’s been a life-changing opportunity for some who have few other options.
Achieving the Vision of WIOA: 3 Strategies for Engaging Disconnected Youth
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act places a greater emphasis on helping citizens build long-term careers while aligning development programs with the talent needs of high-growth local industries and re-engaging disconnected youth.
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