In January 1997, the St. Paul, Minnesota, city council unanimously passed a directive requiring recipients of $100,000 or more of city economic development assistance in...
Approved in March 1998, this ordinance (Ordinance No. 12050) requires companies or non-profits that enter into service contracts with the city worth at least $25,000...
In March 1997 the city council unanimously passed a living wage policy requiring businesses benefiting from $100,000 or more in city assistance in one year...
At the ballot box on November 3, 1998, Detroit voters overwhelmingly approved a living wage measure that requires city service contractors or recipients of city...
In July 2006 the Chicago City Council voted 35-14 to pass a new ordinance that requires large retailers to provide employees with a compensation package...
The Vermont legislature passed Act 60, The Equal Educational Opportunity Act, in June 1997, following a February state Supreme Court ruling in a class-action suit...
Maryland’s legislature enacted a new education finance system in 2002. It provides for $1.3 billion annually in additional school funding, and targets this increase to...
New Mexico’s school funding formula has long been considered one of the most equalized in the nation. A state will tend to have more equalized...
Wisconsin is the only state to condition benefits on the number of children a family has: 4% of the federal credit for one child, 14%...
Minnesota’s benefits are among the highest: from 15% to 46% of the federal credit, depending on earnings.… Read More
Since 1971 all Canadian citizens, regardless of income, employment or health, have enjoyed access to basic health care, whether it’s provided in a hospital, home...
The Assets for Independence Act was passed as part of the Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational Services Act of 1998. The text of...
Connecticut’s legislature authorized an IDA program in June 2000, through Public Act 00-192. The state Department of Labor manages a reserve fund of both state...
In May 2006 Illinois Governor, Rod Blagojevich, signed the first law in the nation that aims to provide the opportunity for universal access to pre-kindergarten...
Since 1971, all but five states have been sued over educational equity and adequacy in school funding. In twenty-seven of these states, the plaintiffs won....