A proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This is borne out in science, where a ...

Louisiana can leverage its strong energy expertise to expand its leadership in the supply chain for U.S. offshore wind development, according to a study by Greater New Orleans Inc., the Center for ...

In fiscal year 2024, inflation-adjusted tax revenue fell in 40 states compared with the previous year’s collections, marking the first consecutive years of decline for most states since the 2007-09 ...

Each new year presents a chance to explore potential challenges and emerging opportunities that could redefine biodiversity conservation. Recently, I worked with a team of 32 international scientists ...

Manufactured housing—the modern version of a mobile home—is an important, but underused, form of low-cost housing. 1 Today, about 18 million people live in these homes, and most own rather than rent.

Editor’s note: This article was updated on January 6, 2024 to correct details of certain tax credit programs and offices. Tax incentives are one of the primary ways states seek to spur business ...

Philadelphia Youth Basketball (PYB), a 2019 Pew Fund for Health and Human Services grantee, uses basketball to help the city’s children and adolescents build the skills they need to be successful on ...

As families nationwide struggle with the cost of housing, large majorities of Americans across races and ethnicities support state and local policies that would permit construction of more diverse ...

Effectively administering health care programs is a critical element of sound fiscal management for state and local governments. As health care and corrections have emerged in recent years as fiscal ...

Rising costs and threats from extreme weather in the U.S. have prompted historic government investments in hazard mitigation and disaster resilience—including more than $50 billion cumulatively from ...

Many Americans in rural areas struggle to purchase low-cost homes, in part because small mortgages—those for under $150,000—are in short supply. With housing costs at all-time highs, surveys show that ...