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Cash-Strapped States Turn to Sin Taxes

Cash-Strapped States Turn to Sin Taxes

In a recession, state lawmakers are taxing personal vices. It’s good for you, they say, but it’s really better for their budgets.

 

State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972

State prison numbers drop for 1st time since 1972

Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last year, contributing to what a new report says is the first nationwide decline in the number of state inmates since 1972.

 

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