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    Over 225 Legislators From 48 States Stand Up For Jobs Now

    Nov 04, 2011

    This week, conservatives in the United States Senate blocked a $60 billion piece of President Obama’s American Jobs Act from advancing — a package that would have created a national infrastructure bank and funded needed infrastructure projects while putting 450,000 Americans back to...
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    Voices of “The 99%” Heard in Protests Across Nation

    Oct 07, 2011

    This week, a 3 week-long protest against economic injustice and inequality in the Financial District in New York City gathered momentum as approximately 20,000 people joined a march in solidarity and similar protests against the excesses of Wall Street spread to almost every other state, fueled by...
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    Green Economy Measures Advancing as States Focus on Jobs

    Aug 11, 2011

    As the national political conversation focused on deficits and budget cuts over the past few months, many state legislatures have at least noticed that the top concern of voters across the nation remains job creation. The New York Times - in an analysis of a list compiled by the National Conference...
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    PSN 2011 Legislative Session Roundup: Broadband

    Jul 14, 2011

    (Note: With legislative sessions largely adjourned in statehouses across the nation, this week’s Dispatch is the first in a series of issue-specific session roundups from Progressive States Network highlighting trends in different critical policy areas across the fifty states.)