State and Local Policy Project

State and Local Policy Project


Latest Episodes

Eileen Norcross Discusses Illinois Financial Solvency on Chicago Public Media
July 08, 2015

Eileen Norcross released a paper ranking the fiscal health of all 50 states. In this interview with WBEZ-FM 91.5 in Chicago, Illinois, she addresses Illinois’s financial solvency.

Eileen Norcross Talks Massachusetts Financial Solvency on Money Matters
July 08, 2015

Eileen Norcross discusses the solvency of Massachusetts’ state budget on the Money Matters show on WBNW AM 1120 in Boston.

Eileen Norcross Addresses States’ Fiscal Health on Kruser and Krew
July 08, 2015

Eileen Norcross talks about the financial solvency of the 50 states on the Kruser and Krew show on WVLK 590 AM in Lexington, Kentucky.

Eileen Norcross Discusses Massachusetts Fiscal Health on Financial Exchange Radio
July 08, 2015

In a new study out for the Mercatus Center, Eileen Norcross ranks all 50 states with a matrix evaluating factors like debt levels and ability to adapt to new fiscal demands. In this segment she charts with Financial Exchange Radio about Massachusetts ...

Eileen Norcross Discusses State Fiscal Rankings on Conservative Commandos Radio
July 07, 2015

Eileen Norcross released a paper ranking the fiscal health of all 50 states. She discusses her work on the Conservative Commandos radio show on WNJC-AM 1360 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eileen Norcross Discusses the Pension Reform in Pennsylvania
April 09, 2015

With all the talk about pension reform in Pennsylvania, Eileen Norcross discusses whether existing guidelines are enforced this with Keystone Crossroads.

Transition Costs in Public Sector Pensions with Dr. Andrew Biggs
April 07, 2015

Resident Scholar for the American Enterprise Institute Andrew Biggs discusses public sector pensions and the issue of transitions costs of moving from a defined benefit system to a defined contribution system.

Dean Stansel Discusses State Budget Shortfalls on the Ed Dean Show
January 27, 2015

Dean Stansel, a research scholar at the Mercatus Center, discusses how contributing to state rainy day funds helps minimize the fiscal stress of budget shortfalls.

What’s Behind State Fiscal Crises
January 26, 2015

Eileen Norcross discusses what’s to blame for state budgetary troubles—politicians or the economy?

Medicaid Expansion and Virginia Hospital Profits
January 15, 2015

President and CEO of the Thomas Jefferson Institute Mike Thompson discusses the organization's recent report on Virginia hospital profit margins and efforts to expand Medicaid in the state.