From fiscal year 2021 to 2022, the reported funding gap for state pension plans—the disparity between promised benefits and available assets—jumped by $439 billion to $1.27 trillion. The increase, ...

The Pew Charitable Trusts sent comments on Sept. 9 to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding the agency’s proposed payment policies in the 2025 physician fee schedule. Among the ...

Earlier this year, the Chicago-based national nonprofit Healthy Schools Campaign published a report on how Medicaid—the public health insurance program for low-income people in the United States—can ...

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The share of states’ total revenue coming from federal funds remained elevated in fiscal year 2022, fueled by pandemic aid dollars and infrastructure investments. Total federal grants to states topped ...

At the end of 2023, tax revenue was below long-term trends nationally and in 28 states, the most since the second quarter of 2014 when states were still recovering from the 2007-09 Great Recession.

Philadelphia’s communities are often characterized by their open spaces, such as parks, playgrounds, and plazas. In every neighborhood, these are places where residents gather, relax with family and ...

In fiscal year 2022, states spent 12.9 cents of every state-generated dollar on Medicaid for low-income Americans—2.7 cents less than the 15-year average. As was the case in fiscal 2021, surging tax ...

Old-growth forests store significant amounts of carbon, contribute economic value, and provide habitat for an array of wildlife. But because of a history of logging in the U.S., today only about 17% ...

State and local retirement systems aim to balance multiple goals: providing plans that support government workforce objectives and ensuring that the cost of benefits is stable and sustainable over the ...

On 20 September 2023, the United Nations opened its new agreement on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction—also known as the BBNJ treaty or high seas ...

When Philadelphians talk about their local government, the conversations often involve places where the city provides services to residents—facilities such as the parks, libraries, fire stations, and ...