Still Drilling: Gas production remains high even as prices stay low

Last March, we ran a blog post we titled “Kill the drill” commenting on a front-page  New York Times story on the  steep drop in drilling activity that accompanied plunging oil prices and gas prices in early 2009. The Times… Read more [More...]

July Numbers Bulletin shows what a rough year it's been

This week we released the July edition of Numbers You Need, our monthly bulletin of key economic and budget trends.  The monthly report contained some glimmers of good news, as the state’s unemployment rate rose by a relatively modest 0.1… Read more [More...]

Kill the drill

Sunday’s edition of the New York Times had a front-page report on the steep drop in drilling activity that has followed plunging oil prices in recent months. Since last summer, the number of oil and gas rigs deployed to tap… Read more [More...]