This report, a joint initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, will help policymakers better understand how volatile state taxes affect the ...

Nationwide, about 3.7 million U.S. children—1 in 20—live in a household without a parent as their primary caregiver. Many are cared for by grandparents or another family member or friend, and these ...

In March, nearly 40 individuals from across the country will meet with their legislators to urge Congress to take bipartisan action to prioritize the battle against antibiotic resistance: a looming ...

This is a pivotal moment for Philadelphia. More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the decisions local leaders make now—about attracting and retaining residents, bolstering the workforce, and ...

Electronic health records have transformed modern medicine, giving doctors and nurses better data to guide care, supporting enhanced patient safety through new automated tools, and creating more ...

A decade after the Great Recession began, at least half of the states could cover a bigger share of spending with rainy day funds than before the downturn. But most still had a thinner cushion against ...

World leaders adopted the United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement1  (UNFSA) in 1995 to "ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish ...

In a remarkably fast recession turnaround, tax revenue in nearly half of states has not only recouped its initial losses from the downturn, but also outperformed its pre-pandemic growth trends when ...

The growth of Philadelphia's young-adult population in recent years has been hailed as one of the more positive developments in the city's recent history and a possible key to its future. Since 2006, ...

For the first time since COVID-19 sent state finances into a tailspin, tax revenue has grown enough to erase its initial pandemic losses in a majority of states, and total collections nationwide were ...

Total personal income skyrocketed in every state in the second quarter of 2020, driven by unprecedented support from the government to individuals and businesses facing historic economic distress ...

Hurricane season is on the minds of many along the North Carolina coast; the humble oyster, probably, is not. But, as it turns out, there’s a link between hurricanes and oysters. The danger, damage, ...