analysis of the ongoing crisis in state and local governments' budgets
Across the country, the high cost of expansive and underfunded public employee pensions is “crowding out” spending on essential government services. With the City of Detroit’s recent bankruptcy declaration, this crisis has reached a critical point. What comes next? What should be done? To answer …
Speaker: SCOTT WALKER
GOVERNOR, STATE OF WISCONSIN
JULY 9th, 2012
After winning the historic recall election in June, Governor Scott Walker will visit the Manhattan Institute to explain his experience reforming the public sector and freeing cities and states to find their own sound fiscal footing. His leadership is …
On Thursday, January 5, 2012, the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research will present its annual Urban Innovator Award as part of its effort to promote effective approaches to improving life in America’s cities. The Manhattan Institute’s Center for State and Local Leadership selected Gina M. Raimondo, …
States continue to grapple with the three-year fiscal crisis that has involved intense battles over everything from public employee pensions and benefits to collective bargaining. On September 20, 2011, at a conference headlined by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, the Manhattan …
