-- Connecting the dots between our economy, government and business --
At the end of fiscal year 2021, all states had a total debt level of $1.2 trillion, a 26% increase from FY 2020. This news is worrisome, especially in a rising inflationary environment and one in which some economic indicators show us close to, or even in, a recession.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Everybody needs a side hustle these days, and mine is Ukraine, where I am now.
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How can this be?! The three bottom states all received credit upgrades!!