Date Published: 5/1/2013

Description: As much of the nation continues to face stubbornly high unemployment rates, one job-creating strategy lawmakers are considering is microenterprise development.  Microenterprises are businesses with zero to four employees.

Date Published: 4/5/2013

Description:

State Tax Actions 2012 features state-by state-details about tax actions taken during regular and special legislative sessions in 2012.  It includes analysis of the revenue impact and implications for future state tax policy.

Date Published: 4/1/2013

Description: U.S. military veterans often complete service only to discover they cannot find jobs when they return home.  While states face shortages in the health care workforce, many veterans with medical training remain unemployed.

Date Published: 2/15/2013

Description: Most states continue to report stable budget conditions, but they are not out of the woods yet. This webinar will explore some of the approaches state legislatures are considering to create more jobs.

Date Published: 1/1/2013

Description: A lack of savings can result in financial hardship for families that face sudden crises such as a job loss.  Individual development accounts and other asset building strategies encourage families to establish savings and accumulate assets, in addition to income, to gain economic stability so that they are better able to weather financial setbacks.

Date Published: 12/1/2012

Description: Exploitation of the elderly can involve illegal or improper use of a senior citizen’s funds, property or assets, as well as fraud or identity theft.  In response to these crimes, states are making financial exploitation stand-alone crimes or enhancing penalties for crimes committed against older adults.

Date Published: 10/23/2012

Description: Dealing with generational differences and personalities, understanding changing expectations from boss to boss, and learning how to deal with stressful situations can be overwhelming. Learn how to deal with difficult people in the workplace with professionalism and respect. Presenters will guide participants through many common situations, offering useful insight to professionals from all kinds of offices.

Date Published: 9/1/2012

Description: CDFI's were created to improve economic conditions for low-income communities.  These for-profit and nonprofit institutions fill a market gap targeting populations that are underserved by traditional banks and credit unions.  

Date Published: 7/1/2012

Description: Transit-oriented development mixes high-density housing, services and shops within walking distance of a transit station. Supporters believe that improving the connection between communities and transportation will spur ridership, spark community revitalization, and generate revenue.

Date Published: 5/1/2012

Description: Right to work means workers can work for their employer without having to join a labor union.  The heated legislative battles over collective bargaining in the last two years have rekindled interest in right-to-work laws.