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October 12, 2023

Blue States Are Getting More Federal Money Than They Should

matter. That’s why the three largest “blue states” — California, New York, and Illinois, which, between 2010 and 2020, together lost a total of 1.1 million residents, or more than…

October 12, 2023

Blue-State Benefits: How Federal Grants Fail to Consider Population Shift

…grants; the opposite is also true, although some programs guarantee a minimum for any state, no matter its size. What’s more—as common sense would dictate—when a state’s population declines, that…