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Fifty States, 50 Pandemic Economies
What’s better in Texas won’t necessarily work in Nevada.
Nevada needs its tourists back.
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October state employment data, released Friday, underscored the lopsided way the pandemic is hitting state economies. Even with an effective vaccine on the horizon, we should expect this performance divide to continue in the months ahead until activities can get back to normal.
That will mean some hard choices for state budget makers and a more complicated picture for federal aid.