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Overview

Nov 10 2008

We live in a global economy where corporations have little loyalty to maintaining decent paying jobs in the United States. Failed policies of corporate welfare and tax subsidies to the already wealthy do little but accelerate job flight and growing economic inequality.

Promoting a growing economy requires a combination of key policies, including:

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From the Dispatch

Private Tax Filing Firm Lobbying to Scrap Successful State Tax Preparation Services

Aug 26 2010

Intuit, a private firm that manufactures TurboTax, has pushed California lawmakers to eliminate the popular, successful, and cost-effective public tax filing services, ReadyReturn and CalFile. These two programs offer millions of low- and middle-income Californians a free and reliable method to calculate and file taxes.
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CAFTA Trade Lawsuit Highlights Threat To State Regulations From Bad Trade Agreements

Aug 26 2010

We've detailed in the past the way new international trade deals empower corporations to undermine local regulations. A recent case highlights just how byzantine and dangerous the process is getting: A Canadian mining company is using a recently established Nevada subsidiary to use the federal Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) to try and overturn mining regulations in El Salvador. Earlier this month, a tribunal under CAFTA ruled against the US government’s objections to the mining company's lawsuit and allowed the case to proceed.
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State Sues BP for Oil Spill Damage

Aug 19 2010

State governments are finally taking action to address the catastrophic damage caused by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Office of the Attorney General of Alabama has filed before a U.S. District Court a complaint against British Petroleum for what it described as the largest marine oil disaster in the history of the United States.
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As Deportations Soar to Historic Levels Nationwide, Federal Immigration Officials Are Quietly Halting Deportations of Students

Aug 12 2010

Amid a tightening circle of immigration enforcement by the federal government, officials are quietly halting deportations of some student activists organizing in favor of the federal DREAM Act.
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In Wake of BP Oil Spill, More to Be Done by Gulf States

Aug 05 2010

Even as officials announce that the oil leak has finally been capped, residents of the Gulf Coast have only just begun what is sure to be a long, difficult period of renewal following April’s Deepwater Horizon disaster. The catastrophe has wreaked havoc upon communities and businesses along the coast and, while the federal response has been well-coordinated and highly centralized, so far many state governments along the Gulf Coast have done little on their own to mitigate the effects of the spill.
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Clean Energy Options: In the Wake of the Oil Spill, Energy Alternatives That Will Create Jobs

Jul 19 2010

In this Dispatch, PSN will examine clean energy options that contribute to a green economy, including evaluating the great strides that energy supply alternatives have created in the states that have enacted policies that promote them.  We will explain how states have established Renewable Portfolio Standards and how these have created the demand for innovative investment, as well as how to promote new sources of renewable energy, including creative financial mechanisms, multi-state agreements, and the upgrade of an electrical grid that will better transmit energy from these intermittent sources.  And for states looking for new job creation strategies, one key fact is that the production, installment and maintenance of renewable energy sources create sustainable jobs.

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Green Economy Roundtable Law Enacted in Rhode Island

Jul 08 2010

Rhode Island’s HB 7407, now Public Law No. 2010-203, creates the Green Economy Roundtable to advise and assist the Governor and General Assembly in advancing Rhode Island’s green energy economy by developing a statewide action plan.
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Supreme Court 2009-2010: Pro-Corporate, But Continued Trend Towards Deferral to State Authority

Jun 29 2010

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ended its term with a bang with a ruling in McDonald v.

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Landline Phone Deregulation to Deny Protection to Illinois Consumers

Jun 24 2010

Illinois has enacted a law that will take away a necessary protection for landline phone consumers. SB 107 strips away the authority of the Illinois Commerce Commission to ensure that landline phone users – residing in 78 percent of households in the state - receive reliable and affordable phone service. Under the law, Internet-based phone services would be completely unregulated. The ICC has been instrumental in promoting universal access to telecommunications services in the state, as mandated by the state’s Telecommunications Act that was last updated in 2001. It required a service provider to offer high-speed Internet access to at least 90 percent of homes outside of the Chicago Metropolitan area. This newly enacted law eliminates such requirement and the ability of Illinoisans to access affordable High-Speed Internet services. Consequently, the law threatens to reduce investment in broadband that could make the state more competitive in the global market.
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State Broadband Awardees May Apply For Additional Funds

Jun 10 2010

State governments may seek additional funding for up to three additional years on broadband projects. The announcement comes from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) who recognized that "better data and strategic planning are needed on the state level.
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