Policy Basics: The ABCs of State Budgets

Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 28, 2010

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States are facing an unprecedented budget crisis, as the recession has caused the greatest declines in state tax revenues on record. Below is some background on the fundamentals of state finances and the depth of the problems states face today.

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