State personal income tax collections dropped 26 percent nationwide through first four months of this year compared with a year ago, putting many states' already-shaky budgets into deeper trouble, a research institute reported. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government said 34 of 37 income tax-collecting states that ...

With millions of small-business employees still lacking health insurance, policy-makers in the 50 states are trying a wide variety of measures to help employees gain coverage, according to new research recently released by The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. Authors of the new research, funded by the New York State Health Foundation, said studying the efforts under way in ...

Before the financial crisis unfolded, voters and officials in states across the nation placed proposals on their November ballots that would slash taxes and spend millions of dollars on new programs. The measures include plans for a high-speed rail line in California, highway construction in Colorado and a referendum on eliminating the state income tax in Massachusetts. But now that ...

State tax revenue rose slightly in the second quarter, but revenue from sales tax, fuel tax and property tax all dropped compared to a year ago, according to a report released Tuesday. The report warned that states and cities would be forced to cut spending as ...