Travis St. Clair
@tstclair.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Public Policy at NYU. State and local finance. https://wagner.nyu.edu/community/faculty/travis-st-clair
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🔓: With federal US #climatepolicy in flux, state #taxincentives could play a bigger role. Yet, they remain limited in scope & focused on #energy. To drive real impact, they must be better integrated into broader fiscal policy, find @lisgilmore.bsky.social @tstclair.bsky.social @carleton.ca @nyu.edu
Tax expenditures as tools for state-level climate action in the U.S.
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March 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🔓: With federal US #climatepolicy in flux, state #taxincentives could play a bigger role. Yet, they remain limited in scope & focused on #energy. To drive real impact, they must be better integrated into broader fiscal policy, find @lisgilmore.bsky.social @tstclair.bsky.social @carleton.ca @nyu.edu
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What actually are the risks posed by the rising U.S. federal debt? And what could trigger a fiscal crisis? Wendy Edelberg, Ben Harris, Louise Sheiner of @brookings.edu #econsky www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
What are the risks of a rising federal debt?
www.brookings.edu
February 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
What actually are the risks posed by the rising U.S. federal debt? And what could trigger a fiscal crisis? Wendy Edelberg, Ben Harris, Louise Sheiner of @brookings.edu #econsky www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...
Great explainer on impoundment
FAQs on Impoundment: Presidential Actions Are Constrained by Long-Standing Constitutional Restrictions | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The notion that the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is what restricts presidential authority to impound funds enacted by law is contrary to legal precedent — and to the Constitution.
www.cbpp.org
January 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Great explainer on impoundment
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California's state insurer of last resort, described by a state legislator: "It feels like a big gamble in many ways. Quite frankly, if this were on Wall Street, I'm not sure you'd be able to get away with this."
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/what-happe...
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/what-happe...
What happens when a state insurer of last resort goes belly-up?
A possible next act in this new drama: California
susanpcrawford.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:15 AM
California's state insurer of last resort, described by a state legislator: "It feels like a big gamble in many ways. Quite frankly, if this were on Wall Street, I'm not sure you'd be able to get away with this."
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/what-happe...
susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/what-happe...