State comparison

Compare two states by budget size, evidence depth, and what the current sources actually support.

This view is designed for fair civic comparison. It shows both fiscal differences and evidence differences so residents can tell whether a “better” state record is actually better sourced.

Reasonable comparison

State comparisons currently lean on population and source-coverage similarity.

North Dakota and Arkansas are using the same dashboard model, but both are still limited by state summary coverage.

North Dakota currently has 1 promoted years and 1 parsed docs feeding the record.

Arkansas currently has 3 promoted years and 3 parsed docs feeding the record.

North Dakota

61

/100

Watchlist

Confidence: Medium

Current budget figure

$712.6M

FY2026

Evidence depth

1 years

1 parsed • 1 tracked docs

Latest fiscal year

FY2026

Adopted

$0.7B

Actual

$0.7B

What residents would notice first

The current state record is not complete enough for strong analytical claims yet; use it mainly to inspect sources and coverage gaps.

Largest visible bucket

Pending extraction

Pending

Named initiative

Pending extraction

GovMatrix still needs stronger narrative extraction here.

Arkansas

66

/100

Watchlist

Confidence: High

Current budget figure

$6.5B

FY2026

Evidence depth

3 years

3 parsed • 3 tracked docs

Latest fiscal year

FY2026

Adopted

$6.5B

Actual

$6.5B

What residents would notice first

The state record has enough change or coverage gaps that it deserves active follow-up.

Largest visible bucket

Pending extraction

Pending

Named initiative

Pending extraction

GovMatrix still needs stronger narrative extraction here.

Normalized comparison

Compare the budgets themselves, the quality of the evidence, and the parts of the public story GovMatrix can currently explain.

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Bars show year-over-year budget change and parsed-document count. This is intentionally simple: evidence depth matters as much as fiscal movement.

MetricNorth DakotaArkansas
Overall score61/10066/100
ConfidenceMediumHigh
Budget growth+0.0%+2.9%
Budget per resident$915$2,156
Promoted years13
Parsed docs13
Tracked source docs13
Major services tracked0/50/5
Largest visible bucketPending extractionPending extraction
Strongest visible changePending extractionPending extraction

North Dakota narrative evidence

Arkansas narrative evidence