State tax burden analysis

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/01/these-states-have-the-highest-and-lowest-tax-burdens.html

State guide to taxes on retirees

https://www.kiplinger.com/tool/retirement/T055-S001-state-by-state-guide-to-taxes-on-retirees/index.php

Ranking the states by fiscal condition

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2017/07/ranking-the-states-by-fiscal-condition.html

State budgets

http://www.nasbo.org/mainsite/reports-data/fiscal-survey-of-states

Which states are best to retire

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/23/best-and-worst-states-to-retire.html

State fiscal comparisons

http://www.truthinaccounting.org/library/doclib/TIAFSOS9-2015.pdf

Ranking of U.S. States fiscal health

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2015/07/50-state-fiscal-condition-ranking.html Research by Eileen Norcross of Mercatus Center, George Mason University - check out the map and download the background report Solvency for 5 indicators are measures used: cash, budget, long-run service-level, trust fund

Predicting State government revenue a challenge

http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/reports/2015/03/managing-volatile-tax-collections-in-state-revenue-forecasts The Pew study identifies the volatility in forecasting revenue and talks about ways to manage the volatility.

The States Data Lab

http://www.statedatalab.org/ Retrieve financial data on each of the 50 states.

Which states have the highest student debt?

The following article includes some comparison of state data. http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/07/02/ten-states-with-the-most-student-debt/

State income taxes impacting populations

This article pertains to the migration of individuals to where a tax benefit can be achieved.   Summarize a Tax Foundation study, and details the jurisdictions with the highest and the lowest personal income tax.  Interesting that when those celebrities that do this speak up, a pattern that has been underway for awhile gets more attention.  http://www.accountingweb.com/article/how-state-income-taxes-may-be-redrawing-population-map/222315

States where individuals are not saving as much

are highlighted in this article http://247wallst.com/2013/03/05/the-10-states-where-people-save-the-least/

Sequestration impact on each state

is detailed here by the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/sequestration-state-impact/    You can use the draw down menu to find your state and the resultant impact.

The article discussing this is located at this link http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/white-house-releases-state-by-state-breakdown-of-sequesters-effects/2013/02/24/caeb71a0-7ec0-11e2-a350-49866afab584_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboPNE
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State and local government

revenue sources....check out this report from the tax foundation.  http://taxfoundation.org/article/where-do-state-and-local-governments-get-their-revenue

The state of state and local finances

Snashots of the 50 states and large cities are being compiled by multiple organizations to highlight the situation of these entities.   Often the CAFR is the document being used in these reports.  http://www.governing.com/columns/public-finance/col-state-state-local-government-finances.html

Fragmented local governments

A good source for data about numbers of governments by states, as well as historical growth of these governments. These are called special districts, or special purpose districts 
http://www.governing.com/blogs/by-the-numbers/local-government-consolidation-fragmentation.html

Tax Foundation Fiscal Fact releases

data from Census Bureau on State tax collections.  The 2010 data shows a decline in state revenue and reports data by state http://accounting.smartpros.com/x71703.xml

A survey ranking of the 50 States

all 50 are out here ranked by various criteria, including debt per capita, unemployment, median household income, fiscal governance, and other factors.   There are a couple surprises out there.  http://247wallst.com/2010/10/04/the-best-and-worst-run-states-in-america-a-survey-of-all-fifty/

Some states tax revenues up

30 out of 47 show increases http://www.investmentnews.com/article/20100903/FREE/100909967

Unemployment rates for the states

Per USA today, some good news and some bad news http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-08-20-state-unemployment-july_N.htm