Episodes
Paul Van de Water, Senior Fellow, discusses how Chairman Paul Ryan's budget plan would affect Medicare.
Published 04/13/11
Erica Williams, Policy Analyst with the Center's State Fiscal Project discusses how proposed budgets put forth by many governors would greatly harm their states residents.
Published 04/05/11
Edwin Park, Vice President for Health Policy, discusses how Medicaid block grant proposals would harm seniors, children, and people with disabilities, as well as states.
Published 03/24/11
Liz McNichol, Senior Fellow with the Center's State Fiscal Project discusses the facts about state and local workers: who they are, what they do, and how their pay compares to their private sector counterparts.
Published 03/17/11
Stacy Dean, Vice President for Food Assistance Policy, and Dottie Rosenbaum, Senior Analyst, discuss the Work Support Strategies Initiative and their report on improving the delivery of key services to needy families.
Published 03/08/11
The jobs report for February is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Published 03/04/11
Nick Johnson, Vice President for State Fiscal Policy discusses the budget situation in Wisconsin.
Published 03/01/11
James Horney, the Center's Vice President for Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the President's budget proposal for fiscal year 2012.
Published 02/16/11
Erica Williams, policy analyst with the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses troubling trends in governors' new budget proposals.
Published 02/08/11
The jobs report for January is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Published 02/04/11
Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses what the Commerce Department's new report on gross domestic product means for the economy and job creation.
Published 02/01/11
Senior advisor Iris Lav discusses misconceptions concerning bond debt, pensions and other challenges facing states.
Published 01/25/11
Senior Fellow Paul Van de Water discusses myths about health reform's impact on jobs and the deficit.
Published 01/18/11
Jim Horney, the Center's Director of Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the new budget rules in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Published 01/11/11
The jobs report for December is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Published 01/07/11
Director of the Center's Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Dr. LaDonna Pavetti, talks about cuts to the safety net despite the rising need among our most vulnerable citizens.
Published 12/21/10
Michael Leachman, Assistant Director of the Center's State Fiscal Project, discusses the latest information showing that the Recovery Act is creating jobs and boosting the economy.
Published 12/14/10
Senior Policy Analyst Doug Rice discusses proposed funding cuts that could cause tens of thousands of low-income families to lose housing assistance during these tough economic times.
Published 12/07/10
The jobs report for November is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Published 12/03/10
Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses the expiration of federal emergency unemployment benefits and what it means for millions of jobless workers and the economy.
Published 11/30/10
Senior Policy Analyst Dottie Rosenbaum discusses the findings of the US Department of Agriculture's report on food insecurity that was released last week.
Published 11/23/10
Jim Horney, the Center's director of Federal Fiscal Policy, discusses the key issues facing Congress during the lame duck session that began yesterday.
Published 11/16/10
Chad Stone, the Center's Chief Economist, discusses what's at stake if Congress fails to renew the federal emergency unemployment benefits program that helps millions of laid off workers meet their families' basic expenses at a time when jobs remain very hard to find. 
Published 11/09/10
The jobs report for October is discussed by Chief Economist, Chad Stone.
Published 11/05/10