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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Articles categorized by issue area or report type.)
Annual State of the States ReportsFederal BudgetChildren, Youth & Community Development
EducationEnergy & EnvironmentHousing, Income Security & Poverty
Labor & EmploymentMilitaryTaxes


Annual and State of the States Reports with State Factsheets

  Sixth Annual State of the States Release (February, 2003)

  Fifth Annual State of the States Report (February, 2002)

  Fourth Annual State of the States Report (February, 2001)

  Third Annual State of the States Report (February, 2000)

  Choices That Matter: Federal Decisions and Your Hometown: State Reports and Selected City Reports (April,'99)



Budget (Federal)

  The President's Budget: Impact on the States Factsheets for each state showing the effects of the Bush Administration's proposed FY 2005 budget (February, 2004)

  The Proposed Bush FY 2004 Discretionary Budget A Pie Chart. (February 27, 2003)

  The Bush FY 2003 Budget as Finally Passed (February 27, 2003)

  The Proposed Bush FY 2004 Budget A table comparing proposed budget figures for FY 2004 with FY 2003. (February 4, 2003)

  Alternative Economic Stimulus Plans (February 4, 2003)

  NPP's "State Fiscal Crisis" Grassroots Factsheet This Factsheet offers an opportunity to draw attention to the federal government's role in your state budget crisis...and to help change it. (June, 2002)

  The Bush FY 2003 Budget and Its Impact on the States for Selected ProgramsAnalysis, Commentary and Data Tables (March 13, 2002)

  The Proposed FY 2003 Budget Analysis, commentary, charts and tables as well as state-by-state losses of CDBG and EPA funding. (February 5, 2002)

  The Proposed Bush FY 2003 Budget and AnalysisNPP's commentary, budget chart, a table of program funding with percentage changes from FY'02, and EPA and CDBG losses. (February 5, 2002)

  NPP's 2001 Year in Review Overview of the Bush tax cut, military spending, the disappearing surplus, the recession, and consequences for the states(January 30, 2002)

  Budget Comparison for Fiscal Year 2001 and 2002

  The Economic Stimulus Package Questions, Answers, and Alternatives (October 16, 2001)(revised Dec. 20, 2001)

  The Forty Billion Dolllar Emergency Supplemental Aid Package How the money has been allocated. (December 18, 2001)

  The Budget Outlook of States Which states are not in current fiscal jeopardy and which are. (Nov.,2001)

  Redefining Security A Budget for a New Generation by NPP Executive Director Greg Speeter(April, 2001)

  The President's Education Budget and Fuzzy Math

  Alternative Budgets  The President's budget is not the only one.

  The Congressional Progressive Caucus Budget for FY 2002


Children and Youth

Estimates of Numbers of Children Served by Head Start in FY2001 (December, 2000)


Community Development

Compromising Our Communities: CDBG at Risk Fact Sheets for every state and selected cities. (June 30, '99)


Education

Federal Education Funding Falls Short This release assesses federal spending on education under the Bush Administration and the impact on each state. (June, 2004)

National Interactive OnLine Schools Quiz: Take the NPP National School Quiz to test your knowledge of the condition of public schools online. Don't worry, the answers are included along with references for more information!

HR 4094 A Bill To Rebuild Our Schools: Check out how much HR 4094 could mean to your congressional district, who supports it, who doesn't and how to get in touch with them. (September 18, 2000)

Estimates of Payments to States for Title I (Education for the Disadvantaged) for FY 2001 December, 2000)


Energy

Tax Breaks for Dirty Energy (October, 2003)

Federal Spending on Energy Conservation, 1980-2006 (July, 2001)


Environment

Environment Threatened. (July, 2004)
A state-by-state look at the impact of the Bush Administration's environmental policies

EPA Spending and Projected Budgets, 2000-2006. (July, 2001)


Housing

Estimates of New Housing Vouchers in FY2001
(December, 2000)


Income Security/Poverty

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and Child Poverty Rates, 1993-1999(January, 2001)

Estimates of Payments to States for Title I (Education for the Disadvantaged) for FY 2001 December, 2000)


Labor/Employment

Estimates of State Payments for FY2001 Occupational Health and Safety Administration Department of Labor (December, 2000)

Working Hard, Earning Less (Updated: April,'99)


Military

State-by-State: The Bill for the Iraq War
An interactive map that details the taxpayer cost of the Iraq War with additional context provided in terms of how much each state received in federal funding for homeland security and the No Child Left Behind Act
(October, 2004)

Americans Pay High Cost for War
State-by-state data on the number of soldiers killed and wounded, the dollar cost, and the number of reservists and National Guard troops on active duty are presented in the context of worsening conditions in Iraq as well as expert opinions on national security policy
(September, 2004)

Veterans Benefits Under-funded
This release shows the gap in the amount needed to adequately fund veterans benefits nationally and the state-by-state gap in funding veterans health care needs.
(May, 2004)

Cost to States of New $25 Billion War Request
Find out what the Bush Administration's latest war spending request will cost each state, along with each state's share of the total Iraq war costs to date
(May, 2004)

The Cost of Invading Iraq
(Factsheet showing likely cost of war for each state and selected cities; based on $100 billion esitmate.)
Spring, 2003

A Safer America?
Experts respond to congress and the Bush Administration.
(2003)

The Cost of Invading Iraq
(Factsheet showing likely cost of war for each state and selected cities; based on $100 billion esitmate.)
Spring, 2003

Invading and Occupying Iraq
An NPP Factsheet on how the $87 billion Bush administration appropriation request will affect your state.
(September, 2003)

The Cost of Invading Iraq
Factsheets showing the cost of war for each state and selected cities.
(February 7, 2003)

The Cost of War with Iraq: A Radio Interview
(NPP Excutive Director, Greg Speeter, on the costs of the Iraq war. Broadcast by National Public Radio affliate WFCR, Amherst, MA)
2003

Test Your Knowledge About Military Spending: Take The Military Budget Quiz!
(August 2001)

Test Your Knowledge About the National Missile Defense Shield (aka: Star Wars): Take The NMD Quiz!
(August 2001)

Recent Defense Nominees and the Military Budget
(May, 2001)

Update on military spending (June 25,'01)

FY'02 Costs to States of Proposed $33 Billion Military Increase.
( July 26, 200)

FY'02 Costs to States of Missile Defense
(June 26, 2001)

Recent Defense Nominees and the Military Budget
(May, 2001)

Estimated Cost of Nuclear Missile Defense by State
(January, 2001)


Taxes

Tax Day 2003(How our tax dollars are spent. Reports for all fifty states and selected cities.)

Tax Day 2002 (How our tax dollars are spent. Reports for all fifty states and selected cities.) (April,'02)

  • Tax Day 2001 (How our tax dollars are spent. Reports for all fifty states and selected cities.) (April,'01)

    Repealing the Estate Tax: The Cost to Your State (NPP's two page state reports on the impact of repealing the estate tax.) (May,'01)

    Estate Tax Repeal Action Alert. (March,'01)

    Estate Tax Letter to the Editor (March,'01)

    Estate Tax Op-ed. (March,'01)


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