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Fiscal Impacts from COVID-19–Revenue Structure Matters

Death and Taxes

Based on the real monthly updates on the Florida state and county unemployment rates in 2020, we estimated each county’ unemployment rate in 2021 and 2022 to forecast the revenue impact for FY 2022 and FY 2023. His scholarship focuses on state and local public finance, budgeting and financial management.

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WHEN IT COMES TO DATA, CONTEXT IS KING

Barrett & Greene

Back in 2020, then President Donald Trump proclaimed that “The murder rate in Baltimore and Detroit is higher than El Salvador, Guatemala or even Afghanistan.” According to the city’s data , it “finished 2023 with 252 homicides, the fewest recording since 1966.” But look at the trends and a new picture emerges.