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State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families Fact Sheet
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State Fact Sheets: How the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans Are Increasing Costs for American Families

This series of fact sheets provides insights into how the OBBBA and the administration’s policies will increase the costs of health care, food, energy, and borrowing in each state in the near future.

Amina Khalique, Kennedy Andara, Natalie Baker, 2 More Sara Partridge, Kyle Ross

With Americans Facing Utility Bill Increases This Year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens To Drive Costs Even Higher Article
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With Americans Facing Utility Bill Increases This Year, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Threatens To Drive Costs Even Higher

Across the country, nearly 60 electric and gas utilities are hiking or trying to hike utility bills this year, totaling nearly $38.3 billion for 56.7 million electric customers and $3.5 billion for 26 million natural gas customers; if the One Big Beautiful Bill Act passes, these bills will spike even higher.

Akshay Thyagarajan, Shannon Baker-Branstetter

States Must Lead the Way To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat Article
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States Must Lead the Way To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat

In the absence of federal action to protect workers from the rising dangers of exposure to extreme heat on the job, states must take the lead—and can look to existing and proposed standards from other localities for guidance.

Jill Rosenthal, Reema Bzeih

Congressional Republicans’ Plan To Cut Clean Energy Investments Would Cause Higher Energy Bills and Job Losses Across States Article
Workers carry a solar panel onto a roof in Schaumburg, Illinois.

Congressional Republicans’ Plan To Cut Clean Energy Investments Would Cause Higher Energy Bills and Job Losses Across States

The clean energy supply chain spurred by U.S. investment has created jobs and helped to lower electricity costs; repealing these investments midstream would increase electricity prices for households and businesses in nearly every state.

Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Jamie Friedman

How Cuts to NIH Research Funding Would Hurt States Article
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How Cuts to NIH Research Funding Would Hurt States

Proposed changes to the National Institutes of Health’s $48 billion budget would risk jobs, threaten state economies, and hamper progress toward prevention and treatment of diseases such as cancer.

Marquisha Johns

State Leadership To Conserve Nature Video

State Leadership To Conserve Nature

Leaders from Maryland, New Mexico, Colorado, and California share how their states are leading on conservation.

Mariel Lutz, Matthew Gossage, Hai-Lam Phan

The State of Safe Leave Report
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The State of Safe Leave

U.S. states are increasingly providing safe leave for workers who need time off to deal with the impacts of sexual and domestic violence.

Molly Weston Williamson

2024 Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plan Selections by Congressional District Interactive
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2024 Affordable Care Act Marketplace Plan Selections by Congressional District

A new CAP interactive explores the proportion of nonelderly people who made federally facilitated marketplace plan selections during the 2024 open enrollment period by congressional district. Without congressional action, consumers will lose the enhanced financial assistance that supported record levels of enrollment.

Nicole Rapfogel

State Policy Leadership To Conserve Nature Report
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State Policy Leadership To Conserve Nature

As momentum builds nationally to address the nature and climate crises, state and territorial leaders across the country have stepped up with a variety of measures aimed at conserving lands and waters.

Drew McConville, Kate Burgess, Mariel Lutz

Monthly Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Savings by State Interactive
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Monthly Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Savings by State

Medicare drug price negotiation will result in thousands of dollars in net price savings for 30-day supplies of the first 10 drugs undergoing negotiation; here’s how those savings add up state by state.

Nicole Rapfogel

Fact Sheet: 3 Trends in K-12 Assessments Across the Country Fact Sheet
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Fact Sheet: 3 Trends in K-12 Assessments Across the Country

Reforms of state assessment systems could measure student learning more accurately and effectively, providing educators the information they need to close achievement gaps.

Allie Pearce

CFPB Complaints State Fact Sheets: The CFPB Helps Consumers Nationwide Article
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CFPB Complaints State Fact Sheets: The CFPB Helps Consumers Nationwide

The CFPB has stood up for everyday consumers and fought against unfair treatment across the United States, addressing consumer complaints nationwide.

Crystal Weise, Lilith Fellowes-Granda, David Correa

5 States Addressing Child Hunger and Food Insecurity With Free School Meals for All Report
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5 States Addressing Child Hunger and Food Insecurity With Free School Meals for All

State governments are taking the lead in implementing no-cost school meal programs to eliminate administrative and financial burdens for students, families, and school staff.

Allie Pearce, Akilah Alleyne, Anona Neal

Technology bills can help working families In the News

Technology bills can help working families

Adam Conner discusses how the American Innovation and Choice Online Act and the Open App Markets Act would unlock innovation and benefit New Mexico's economies.

The New Mexican

Adam Conner

Early Learning in the United States: 2021 Fact Sheet

Early Learning in the United States: 2021

These state fact sheets provide data on access to affordable child care for families, compensation for child care providers, and economic benefits of increased public investment in early learning.

MK Falgout

State Abortion Legislation in 2021 Report

State Abortion Legislation in 2021

In 2021, the United States has seen the highest number of abortion restrictions made law in a single year, and the legal context in which this newly enacted legislation will operate is particularly tenuous.

Elyssa Spitzer, Nora Ellmann

The Clean Economy Revolution Will Be Unionized Report
(A worker in a construction vest and hard hat installs solar panels on a roof in California, with mountains pictured in the background.)

The Clean Economy Revolution Will Be Unionized

State and local progress can inform federal action to support high-quality, union jobs building the clean economy.

Rita Cliffton, Malkie Wall, Sam Ricketts, 3 More Kevin Lee, Jessica Eckdish, Karla Walter

Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All Students Report
Tenth-grade students make programming adjustments to a robot that they are testing in a Computer Science Principles course at a Maryland high school, December 2017. (Getty/Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)

Closing Advanced Coursework Equity Gaps for All Students

Even in high schools with similar levels of access to advanced coursework, Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students are less likely to be enrolled in advanced courses—and even when they are enrolled, they experience less success in these courses than their peers.

Roby Chatterji, Neil Campbell, Abby Quirk

The Funnel To Passing AP Exams Interactive

The Funnel To Passing AP Exams

This interactive uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to estimate how many students, overall and disaggregated, enroll in AP courses, take AP tests, and pass AP tests.

Roby Chatterji, Neil Campbell, Abby Quirk

State-Federal Climate Initiative: Resources for State and Local Leadership on Climate, Energy Costs, Justice, and Jobs Article
A wind farm in southeastern Washington state is viewed from the summit of nearby Steptoe Butte in Whitman County, July 2020. (Getty/Don & Melinda Crawford/Education Images/Universal Images Group)

State-Federal Climate Initiative: Resources for State and Local Leadership on Climate, Energy Costs, Justice, and Jobs

State and local climate leaders have been laying a road map for bold, nationwide action on climate, reduced energy costs, good jobs, and environmental justice, and recent changes in federal government leadership mean that it has never been more urgent for them to lead the way on building a prosperous, inclusive, and globally competitive clean energy economy.

A Criminal Record Shouldn’t Be a Life Sentence to Poverty Report
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A Criminal Record Shouldn’t Be a Life Sentence to Poverty

Bipartisan momentum for clean slate and fair chance licensing policies—which remove barriers to economic opportunity for people facing the stigma of a criminal record—has grown significantly in the states in recent years.

Rebecca Vallas, Sharon Dietrich, Beth Avery

Preparing Students of Color for the Future Workforce Report

Preparing Students of Color for the Future Workforce

Community members in Indiana and New Mexico provide context on how Black, Latinx, and Indigenous students should be fully prepared for the future workforce.

Ashley Jeffrey, Laura Jimenez

Building on the ACA: Administrative Actions to Improve Maternal Health Report

Building on the ACA: Administrative Actions to Improve Maternal Health

The United States’ maternal health crisis demands federal and state action to improve coverage, the delivery of care, and pregnancy outcomes. The cost of inaction will almost certainly be dire.

Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Osub Ahmed

5 Discussions That Shaped the Justice Reform Movement in 2020 Article
A protester wearing a Black Lives Matter T-shirt stands at a memorial event in Jefferson Square Park in Louisville, Kentucky, on March 13, 2021, to mark the one-year anniversary of Breonna Taylor's death. (Getty/Jeremy Hogan)

5 Discussions That Shaped the Justice Reform Movement in 2020

While more must be done to shrink the footprint of the U.S. criminal justice system, the national dialogue around reform during summer 2020 has inspired transformative ideas and tangible policies that can be built on moving forward.

Kenny Lo, Sarah Figgatt, Betsy Pearl, 1 More Chelsea Parsons

The State of Women’s Leadership—And How To Continue Changing the Face of U.S. Politics Article
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks in Detroit, October 2020. (Getty/Nic Antaya)

The State of Women’s Leadership—And How To Continue Changing the Face of U.S. Politics

Women—particularly women of color—continue to make noteworthy gains at all levels of government, but bold policies and structural changes are still needed to reach gender parity in U.S. politics.

Robin Bleiweis, Shilpa Phadke

A How-To Guide for Strengthening State and Local Prevailing Wage Laws Report

A How-To Guide for Strengthening State and Local Prevailing Wage Laws

This report provides a road map for state and local policymakers working to create or strengthen prevailing wage laws, explains core features of prevailing wage legislation, and lifts up existing best practices from around the county.

Karla Walter, Malkie Wall, Alex Rowell

Raising the Bar Report

Raising the Bar

States and cities can set minimum compensation standards for private sector employees that reference prevailing wage and benefit rates.

David Madland, Malkie Wall, Alex Rowell

How States Can Use TANF Funds To Help More Residents in Need Fact Sheet
A child carries a pet from her apartment as her family is evicted for nonpayment of rent, September 2020, in Phoenix. (Getty/John Moore)

How States Can Use TANF Funds To Help More Residents in Need

Even in the absence of congressional action, states can use TANF funds to support their residents who are struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Justin Schweitzer

State and Local Wins Illustrate National Demand for Early Learning Investments Article
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State and Local Wins Illustrate National Demand for Early Learning Investments

Communities across the country have passed state and local ballot measures to increase public funding for early childhood services, demonstrating a path forward for federal action in 2021.

MK Falgout, Laura Dallas McSorley

State Climate Leadership Is Coming to the Nation’s Capital in 2021 Article
The rising sun illuminates the U.S. Capitol building on September 19, 2019, in Washington, D.C. (Getty/Samuel Corum)

State Climate Leadership Is Coming to the Nation’s Capital in 2021

Candidates from states with existing climate commitments won in the 2020 election and will bring lessons from this state-level climate action to Washington.

Sally Hardin, Sam Ricketts, Aimee Barnes

The Facts on State and Local Elections Fact Sheet
Voters stand in line outside of a satellite polling station in Philadelphia, October 2020. (Getty/Mark Makela)

The Facts on State and Local Elections

State and local elected officials are the key to ensuring that significant reforms are made to the criminal justice system.

Akua Amaning

6 State Strategies To Improve Child Care Policies During the Pandemic and Beyond Report
(A 4-year-old paints autumn leaves in a child care center in Arnold, Maryland, on November, 25, 2019.)

6 State Strategies To Improve Child Care Policies During the Pandemic and Beyond

As the child care market struggles to survive the impact of the pandemic, states can implement strategies to improve child care so that it better meets the needs of working families, children, educators, and employers.

Simon Workman, Katie Hamm

Why Voting Matters for the Disability Community Article
A voter walks to fill in her ballot at a polling station in New York, November 2018. (Getty/Xinhua/Han Fang)

Why Voting Matters for the Disability Community

A lot is at stake in the 2020 elections—and voter turnout among Americans with disabilities must be supported before and after the polls close.

Valerie Novack

Fact Sheet: How State and Local Governments Can Make Climate Jobs Good Jobs Fact Sheet

Fact Sheet: How State and Local Governments Can Make Climate Jobs Good Jobs

Tackling climate change will require state and local action alongside federal policy change. State and local policymakers can ensure that good jobs are created in the new clean economy by focusing on five proven job-quality strategies.

David Madland, Terry Meginniss

17 Ways Companies Can Help Americans Vote Safely Report

17 Ways Companies Can Help Americans Vote Safely

This election, forward-looking businesses can provide an essential service to their communities—preserving the right to vote while also protecting their stakeholders from COVID-19.

Alex Tausanovitch, Sarah Bonk, Richard Eidlin

State Actions Undermining Abortion Rights in 2020 Report

State Actions Undermining Abortion Rights in 2020

Despite wins in the courts, abortion rights remain under attack and out of reach for many in the United States.

Nora Ellmann

20 Ways Cities Can Promote Safe and Effective Elections in November Report
(A woman drops her Connecticut 2020 presidential primary ballot at a secure ballot drop box in Stamford, Connecticut, on August 11, 2020.)

20 Ways Cities Can Promote Safe and Effective Elections in November

Cities have an important role in helping to ensure that during the coronavirus pandemic, Americans can make their voices heard in the upcoming election cycle.

Danielle Root

State Responses To Address the Shortage of Infant and Toddler Child Care Article
A mother drops her 3-year-old son off at an emergency child care facility in Washington, D.C., April 15, 2020. (Getty/Astrid Riecken)

State Responses To Address the Shortage of Infant and Toddler Child Care

States and localities recognize the need for affordable, quality infant and toddler child care and have taken steps to create solutions that better serve their communities.

MK Falgout, Steven Jessen-Howard

Federal Funding Is Essential To Saving State and Local Public Services Article
An ambulance sits parked outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 2020. (Getty/Drew Angerer)

Federal Funding Is Essential To Saving State and Local Public Services

States and localities are facing severe budget shortfalls. In order to keep essential services—such as health care, education, transportation, and first responders—running uninterrupted, it is imperative that the federal government provide much-needed funding to states and localities.

Ryan Zamarripa

Local Governments Can Lead on Vote by Mail Article
An election worker handles vote-by-mail ballots in Renton, Washington, on March 10, 2020. (Getty/Jason Redmond/AFP)

Local Governments Can Lead on Vote by Mail

Some local government are sending absentee ballot applications to all registered voters, ensuring that more Americans can safely vote during the pandemic.

Alex Tausanovitch, Hauwa Ahmed

Ensuring Equitable Pathways for the Class of 2020 Amid the Coronavirus Article
An empty high school classroom in Lakewood, Colorado, March 16, 2020. (Getty/RJ Sangosti)

Ensuring Equitable Pathways for the Class of 2020 Amid the Coronavirus

Students, parents, schools, and districts need more explicit guidance on how to deal with high school to postsecondary pathway requirements during and in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Ashley Jeffrey, Laura Jimenez

States Are Laying a Road Map for Climate Leadership Report
(An aerial photo shows the solar farm that provides energy for Babcock Ranch, a solar-powered community in Florida, May 2019.)

States Are Laying a Road Map for Climate Leadership

The United States lacks federal climate action, so state and local governments are leading the way and creating polices for a just and inclusive clean energy economy.

Sam Ricketts, Rita Cliffton, Lola Oduyeru, 1 More Bill Holland

Digital Contact Tracing To Contain the Coronavirus Article
A person wearing a face mask crosses the street in New York City on April 15, 2020. (Getty/Noam Galai)

Digital Contact Tracing To Contain the Coronavirus

Digital contact tracing, if built in a voluntary, privacy-protective way using Apple and Google’s new Bluetooth-based standards, may allow the public to play a role in containing the coronavirus alongside increased testing and manual contact tracing from public health authorities.

Erin Simpson, Adam Conner

How Trump’s Policies Have Hurt ACA Marketplace Enrollment Article
Radiologists prepare to take an X-ray image in a COVID-19 patient's room in the intensive care unit of MedStar St. Mary's Hospital in Leonardtown, Maryland, April 14, 2020. (Getty/Win McNamee)

How Trump’s Policies Have Hurt ACA Marketplace Enrollment

Comprehensive coverage is more important than ever during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Trump administration is preventing uninsured people from signing up in a time of crisis.

Charles Gaba, Emily Gee

The Enforcement of COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders Article
A member of the Metropolitan Police Department closes off areas surrounding the Washington Monument and National Mall due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19, March 2020. (Getty/Win McNamee)

The Enforcement of COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders

As the novel coronavirus pandemic intensifies, officials must be vigilant in educating and persuading the public to adhere to stay-at-home orders, only using the criminal justice process as a last resort.

Betsy Pearl, Lea Hunter, Kenny Lo, 1 More Ed Chung

Coronavirus Compounds Inequality and Endangers Communities of Color Article
Doors lead into the Emergency Department at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx on March 23, 2020. (Getty/Misha Friedman)

Coronavirus Compounds Inequality and Endangers Communities of Color

Structural racism makes public health crises such as COVID-19 more dangerous by increasing exposure, exacerbating preexisting conditions, and preventing vulnerable people from obtaining the care they need.

Connor Maxwell

State and Local Governments Must Take Much More Aggressive Action Immediately To Slow Spread of the Coronavirus Article
People walk through Manhattan with surgical masks as fears of the novel coronavirus outbreak increase in the United States, March 2020. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

State and Local Governments Must Take Much More Aggressive Action Immediately To Slow Spread of the Coronavirus

To help flatten the curve of COVID-19, states and local governments must take the threat seriously by implementing extensive closures and bans immediately.

Zeke Emanuel, Topher Spiro, Maura Calsyn, 3 More Thomas Waldrop, Nicole Rapfogel, Jerry Parshall

Gun Theft in the United States: A State-by-State Analysis Article
Handguns are displayed during the 2018 NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits in Dallas. (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Gun Theft in the United States: A State-by-State Analysis

Gun theft is rampant in states across the country, leaving all of our communities vulnerable to violent gun crime.

Chelsea Parsons, Eugenio Weigend Vargas

Affordable Care Act Repeal by State Interactive
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Affordable Care Act Repeal by State

This interactive allows users to see the harms that would result if the Affordable Care Act were repealed, with data for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Nicole Rapfogel, Emily Gee, Mathew Brady

State Policy Options To Reduce Prescription Drug Spending Report
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State Policy Options To Reduce Prescription Drug Spending

States have a variety of policy options to reduce their prescription drug spending without jeopardizing the health of patients.

Thomas Waldrop, Maura Calsyn

Building Workers’ Wealth in Cities and States Report
A worker assembles cars at the newly renovated Ford's Assembly Plant in Chicago in June 2019. (Getty/Jim Young)

Building Workers’ Wealth in Cities and States

City and state policymakers across ideological divides can help raise standards for workers and boost sustainable economic growth by supporting employee ownership and broad-based profit-sharing.

Karla Walter

Interactive: Opportunities for States To Improve Infant Health Outcomes Interactive

Interactive: Opportunities for States To Improve Infant Health Outcomes

This interactive allows users to see states' progress toward implementing policies to improve maternal and infant mortality and eliminate racial disparities in health across three domains: healthy families, economic and work supports, and infant health outcomes.

Cristina Novoa, Mathew Brady

Interactive: Exploring Infant Health Outcomes Across Race and Ethnicity and by State Interactive

Interactive: Exploring Infant Health Outcomes Across Race and Ethnicity and by State

This interactive allows users to view the most recent available data on infant health outcomes across states and compare demographic groups to see how outcomes differ by race and ethnicity.

Cristina Novoa, Mathew Brady

Workers’ Boards: A Brief Overview Fact Sheet
A dishwasher walks through the dining room at a restaurant in Washington, D.C., June 2016. (Getty/J. Lawler Duggan/The Washington Post)

Workers’ Boards: A Brief Overview

By developing policies for workers’ boards—governmental bodies that bring together representatives of workers, employers, and the public—state and local policymakers can raise minimum wage rates, benefits, and workplace standards across entire occupations, sectors, and industries.

Kate Andrias, David Madland, Malkie Wall

Workers’ Boards: Frequently Asked Questions Fact Sheet
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Workers’ Boards: Frequently Asked Questions

Workers’ boards—also known as wage boards or industry committees—set minimum wage rates, benefits, and workplace standards for an entire occupation, sector, or industry. Boards can raise wages for both low- and middle-income workers, and they are particularly helpful in industries where traditional collective bargaining is difficult.

Kate Andrias, David Madland, Malkie Wall

The Economics of Caregiving for Working Mothers Report
A single mother picks up her children from day care in Maryland on December 20, 2016. (Mother picks up children from day care)

The Economics of Caregiving for Working Mothers

Working mothers are important drivers of three essential industries—elementary and secondary education, hospitals, and food services—yet cannot afford child care for their own children.

Sarah Jane Glynn, Katie Hamm

Building Momentum: State Progress on Early Learning in 2019 Article
Preschool students in Redondo Beach, California, take part in classroom activities, April 2010. (Getty/Scott Varley)

Building Momentum: State Progress on Early Learning in 2019

Governors and legislators across the country are taking much-needed steps to support families by investing in child care, preschool, and home visiting.

Steven Jessen-Howard

Gun Violence in America: A State-by-State Analysis Interactive
The lawn outside the U.S. Capitol is covered with 7,000 pairs of empty shoes on March 13, 2018 to memorialize the 7,000 children killed by gun violence since the Sandy Hook school shooting. (Getty/ Saul Loeb)

Gun Violence in America: A State-by-State Analysis

While gun violence is a uniquely American problem, the specific impact varies widely from state to state.

Eugenio Weigend Vargas

Moving Backward Article
A mother and her daughter visit a pediatrician at a medical center in Philadelphia, March 2017. (Getty/AFP/Dominick Reuter)

Moving Backward

New estimates show that recent efforts to strike down the Affordable Care Act could leave millions of women and girls with preexisting conditions at risk of being charged more or denied coverage for individual insurance.

Jamille Fields Allsbrook, Sarah Coombs

State Health Policy Article
A nurse practitioner speaks with a patient at a nonprofit children's health clinic that provides affordable care in Commerce City, Colorado, December 2016. (Getty/Kathryn Scott)

State Health Policy

The Center for American Progress works with state governments to strengthen public health systems; lower health care costs; and improve access to affordable, high-quality health coverage.

The CAP Health Policy Team

Early Learning in the United States: 2019 Fact Sheet

Early Learning in the United States: 2019

These fact sheets outline the current state of early learning and opportunities for improvement in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Steven Jessen-Howard, Simon Workman

How States Are Combating Trump’s ACA Sabotage Article
A man fills out a form in the doctor's office at Mount Sinai Medical Center, December 2009. (Getty/Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images)

How States Are Combating Trump’s ACA Sabotage

In the face of the Trump administration’s continual sabotage of the Affordable Care Act, several states have adopted innovative reforms to protect their residents’ health care.

Jesse Nadel

Momentum Is Building to Modernize Sex Education Report
Students walk through the hallway after classes were dismissed at Senn High School on May 10, 2017. (Getty/ Joshua Lott)

Momentum Is Building to Modernize Sex Education

Over the past year, eight states have updated their sex education standards, and seven more states have advanced legislation to do so as well.

Catherine Brown, Abby Quirk

Voter-Determined Districts Report

Voter-Determined Districts

Truly fair U.S. electoral districts would allow the views of elected representatives to better reflect those of the people who elect them.

Alex Tausanovitch

Harnessing State Child Tax Credits Will Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty Report
Kids jump rope in New Orleans, May 2015. (Getty/Mario Tama)

Harnessing State Child Tax Credits Will Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty

By introducing a state child tax credit—or improving an existing credit—state policymakers can substantially reduce child poverty, increase family economic security, and invest in their state’s next generation.

Rachel West

Strikes Driving Change in States With Lowest-Paid Teachers Article
Striking teachers and their supporters rally in downtown Los Angeles on the second day of this year's teachers strike, January 2019. (Getty/Robyn Beck)

Strikes Driving Change in States With Lowest-Paid Teachers

In states with the lowest teacher pay, teacher protests have been common, as has legislative action to increase salaries.

Lisette Partelow, Abby Quirk

State Options for Making Wise Investments in the Direct Care Workforce Report
A 92-year-old woman sits inside her apartment in an assisted living residence in Marlborough, Massachusetts, March 2019. (Getty/Jessica Rinaldi)

State Options for Making Wise Investments in the Direct Care Workforce

Policymakers must invest in strengthening the direct care workforce in order to improve the quality of care delivered to patients and to achieve better value for every dollar spent on long-term services and supports.

Madeline Twomey

What States Can Do to Fight Corruption and Empower Voters Fact Sheet
A man exits a voting booth in Bow, New Hampshire, during the state's primary election on February 9, 2016. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

What States Can Do to Fight Corruption and Empower Voters

State and local leaders can take action to fight back against big money and special interests—and put the public back in charge.

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