Pew Charitable Trusts: “One of the longest U.S. economic expansions in history has lifted personal income in all states. But growth has varied, from a constant annual rate of less than 1 percent in Nevada to more than 5 percent in North Dakota since the start of the Great Recession. A handful of states, though, lost some gains in the fourth quarter of 2015. Nationwide, growth in personal income has been slower than normal. Since the downturn began in the fourth quarter of 2007, estimated U.S. personal income has increased by a constant annual rate of 1.6 percent through the fourth quarter of 2015, compared with 2.8 percent over the past 30 years, after accounting for inflation. States have recovered at different paces. Adjusted for inflation, personal income in 21 states has grown faster than in the nation as a whole since the start of the recession. Only in mid-2015 did the final state—Nevada—recover its personal-income losses and return to its pre-recession level…”
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Daily Archives: April 20, 2016
Explore our National Parks in Google Maps
Google Street View: “US National Parks and Historic Sites – Dive in and explore the beauty of our National Parks up close in Street View, just in time for National Park Week.” Continue Reading
WiredWest: a Cooperative of Municipalities Forms to Build a Fiber Optic Network
Western Massachusetts Towns Create a New Model for Last-Mile Connectivity, but a State Agency Delays Approval and Funding – A case study by David Talbot, Waide Warner, and Susan Crawford – “WiredWest is a legal cooperative of 31 western Massachusetts towns that has put forward a detailed proposal to provide “last-mile” high-speed Internet access connections to… Continue Reading
Demographic and Economic Profiles of States Holding April 26 Primaries
April 19, 2016 — “In advance of the April 26 primaries, the U.S. Census Bureau presents a variety of statistics that give an overall profile of each participating state’s voting-age population and industries. Statistics include: Voting-age population and estimate of eligible voters (i.e., citizens age 18 and older). Breakdown of voting-age population by race and… Continue Reading
Changes in Life Expectancy by Race and Hispanic Origin in the United States, 2013–2014
Changes in Life Expectancy by Race and Hispanic Origin in the United States, 2013–2014. NCHS Data Brief No. 244, April 2016. Elizabeth Arias, Ph.D. “The trend in life expectancy at birth has been one of improvement since national estimates were first published with 1900 data (2). However, life expectancy remained constant for years 2012–2014 and… Continue Reading
Economist and Time Websites blocked in China
New York Times: “The Economist and Time have joined the list of foreign news websites currently blocked in mainland China. The sites appear to have been censored as a result of recently published cover articles in the magazines critical of the growing power of China’s president, Xi Jinping. According to GreatFire.org, a website that tracks… Continue Reading
Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in Changing Telecommunications Landscape
Via FAS – CRS report – The Federal Communications Commission: Current Structure and Its Role in the Changing Telecommunications Landscape, Patricia Moloney Figliola, Specialist in Internet and Telecommunications Policy. April 15, 2016. “The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent federal agency with its five members appointed by the President, subject to confirmation by the… Continue Reading
Contested Presidential Nominating Conventions: Brief Background and Questions
Via FAS – CRS INSIGHT – Contested Presidential Nominating Conventions: Brief Background and Questions, April 15, 2016 (IN10478). “Neither major party has required multiple votes to select a presidential nominee since the 1952 Democratic National Convention and the 1948 Republican National Convention. Yet, prolonged primary campaigns routinely fuel speculation that convention delegates might again be… Continue Reading
The U.S. Intelligence Community: Selected Cross – Cutting Issues
Via FAS – CRS report – The U.S. Intelligence Community: Selected Cross – Cutting Issues, Anne Daugherty Miles, Analyst in Intelligence and National Security Policy. April 12, 2016. “This report focuses on cross-cutting management issues that affect the Intelligence Community’s (IC’s) ability to counter “pervasive and emerging threats” to the United States and balance resources… Continue Reading
SCOTUS upholds $2B judgment in favor of terror victims against Iran
Via Findlaw: “The United States Supreme Court ruled that almost $2 billion in assets seized from Bank Markazi, Iran’s central bank, can be used to pay victims of terror attacks and their families who won default judgments against the country in civil.. – Bank Markazi v. Peterson, et al. Continue Reading
