WAAAAAY BACK---before Covid19---Ivey's State priorities.

     PEW has compared the priorities of Governors before COVID19 struck, and has found some common themes. 
     In reviewing Ky Ivey's priorities, it's striking how few social issues* were in her State of The State address, and she didn't mention housing even once (along with half of all the Governors).*

"Governors’ annual State of the State addresses offer a snapshot of 2020’s stunning reversal of fortunes, in which many states that started the budget year with surpluses suddenly have billion-dollar budget gaps. Most of this year’s addresses—which sought to set the stage for legislative sessions and highlighted priorities for the year ahead—were delivered weeks or months before the dangers of the novel coronavirus were clear." 

HERE is the Pew analysis. Use the pull down menu to select a state or an issue.

*0.6% of Ivey's speech addressed social issues, second lowest of the states, Massachusetts's Governor was lowest at 0.5%. 


*And housing is IS becoming more and more of a problem! See this story in The Week.