State and Local Policy Project

State & Local Policy from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Eileen Norcross on WATR Radio (Connecticut)

Eileen Norcross talks to host Larry Rifkin about Connecticut’s Fiscal Rankings.

09-06
17:13

Eileen Norcross Talks Property Tax Transparency on WSVA

Eileen Norcross discusses a recent op-ed on the need for transparency surrounding property tax increases in Virginia with Mike Schickman on WSVA.

10-08
12:32

Inside State and Local Policy: Health Check Up with Robert Graboyes

Dr. Robert Graboyes discusses the future of health care and how regulating historic models can impede innovative, game changing health solutions.

09-10
26:01

Inside State & Local Policy: Bill Kramer Discusses State Policy Reform in the States

Bill Kramer discusses state policy reform in the United States on Inside State amp; Local Policy.

08-21
18:19

Justin Ross Talks Virginia Property Taxes on WINA

Virginia localities can increase tax revenues by reassessing properties, raising the tax burden on property owners. The reassessment process is subject to little oversight. Justin Ross delves into Virginia property tax issues for the Schilling Show on WINA in Charlottesville, Virginia.

08-12
10:08

Inside State & Local Policy: Joe Henchman on State Tax Policy Challenges

In this episode, Vice President of the Tax Foundation Joseph Henchman joins Associate Director of State Relations Mike Leland to discuss tax policy challenges in the states and the best ways to inform free-market policy reform.

08-05
15:29

Eileen Norcross Discusses State Fiscal Rankings on American Radio Journal

Eileen Norcross her paper ranking the 50 states by fiscal health for American Radio Journal.nbsp;

07-25
08:05

Eileen Norcross Discusses Wisconsin’s Fiscal Health on WPR

Eileen Norcross delves into Wisconsin’s fiscal solvency based on her new paper ranking the health of all 50 states for Wisconsin Public Radio.

07-21
11:31

Eileen Norcross Talks State Fiscal Rankings on Sirius XM

Eileen Norcross released a paper analyzing the fiscal conditions of all 50 states based on state agency data. She talks about what helps and hinders state budgeting for Tim Farley’s Morning Brief on Sirius XM

07-12
10:06

Adam Millsap Discusses Virginia’s Fiscal Solvency on WRVA

Adam Millsap delves into Virginia’s fiscal solvency for Richmond Morning News on WRVA, analyzing debt levels, spending obligations, and other factors from Mercatus’s state fiscal rankings work.

07-10
02:36

Eileen Norcross Discusses Massachusetts Fiscal Health on Financial Exchange Radio

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 fiscal health.

07-08
05:36

Eileen Norcross Discusses Illinois Financial Solvency on Chicago Public Media

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.

07-08
07:33

Eileen Norcross Talks Massachusetts Financial Solvency on Money Matters

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

07-08
06:52

Eileen Norcross Addresses States’ Fiscal Health on Kruser and Krew

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

07-08
15:20

Eileen Norcross Discusses State Fiscal Rankings on Conservative Commandos Radio

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

07-07
22:04

Eileen Norcross Discusses the Pension Reform in Pennsylvania

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

04-09
02:44

Transition Costs in Public Sector Pensions with Dr. Andrew Biggs

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.

04-07
27:33

Dean Stansel Discusses State Budget Shortfalls on the Ed Dean Show

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.

01-27
14:28

What’s Behind State Fiscal Crises

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

01-26
09:00

Medicaid Expansion and Virginia Hospital Profits

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.

01-15
11:25

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