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The article presents a research conducted by the Council of State Government with support from accounting firm KPMG LLP, on impact of COVID-19 pandemic on U.S. economy and analyze state budget regarding fiscal recovery. Topics include pandemic affects on public health and state budgets for the fiscal year 2021; efforts of State and Federal government to provide pandemic assistance; and mentions data regarding tax revenue from April-December 2020 in U.S. states.

The article focuses on innocuous heritages shared by several cities and places names across the U.S. and mentions name under scrutiny due to shared racial history shared by passage of Americans. Topics discussed include lack of agreement on need for change or alternative name, Reconciliation in Place Names Act introduced by the Congress, and petition of Georgia Senate through Senate Resolution.

The article lists top issues to be prominent in state leaders' decision-making in 2022, along with insights from the Council of State Governments public policy research team. Topics discussed include the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on state budgets with decline in d revenues and increased costs; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on K-12 education; and housing and food insecurity, along with mental heath.