With few new starter or lower-cost homes being built in the U.S., communities throughout the nation could leverage manufactured homes (modern mobile homes) to help increase the housing supply. However ...
The Federal Reserve intended for today’s interest rate cut of 0.5 percentage points to stimulate the broader economy, but this shift in monetary policy also represents a subtle but important change in ...
Funding for the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) lapsed in May 2024, ending a monthly subsidy that 23 million households nationwide had been using to afford high-speed internet connections. The ...
Long-term revenue and spending projections can help states determine whether their budgets are on a sustainable path—or whether, instead, they can expect to face structural budget gaps. But although ...
Immigrants play an outsize role in Philadelphia’s economy. They fill jobs, create businesses, own homes, and fuel entire industries at rates beyond their growing share of the city’s population (15.7% ...
The strength of rainy day funds in half of the states and nationwide increased during fiscal year 2024—according to states’ own estimates collected by the National Association of State Budget Officers ...
The growing impacts of climate change—from near-term events such as hurricanes, floods, and wildfires, to longer-term risks, including higher temperatures, droughts, and sea-level rise—have wreaked ...
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 ocean is the lifeblood of our planet, regulating climate, feeding billions of people and animals and teeming with biodiversity. Yet it faces unprecedented threats from overfishing, pollution, ...
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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 ...
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 ...