States' fiscal results continue to record slow improvement but haven't rebounded to where they were before the recession struck.
The National Governors Association-National Association of State Budget Officers latest fiscal survey, released on Nov. 29, says states' projected fiscal 2012 general-fund revenue collections rose 1.6%, to $659.4 billion. But that figure is still $20.8 billion below states' cumulative 2008 level. A Dec. 1 National Council of State Legislatures report sketches a similar overall picture.