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 ...

Communities around the world are increasingly suffering the consequences of accelerating changes in the global climate, such as more frequent and severe storms, extreme heat, rapid swings in ...

Stat: 2 million: The number of times people with mental health conditions in the United States are jailed annually. Story: In the United States, law enforcement officers and emergency room physicians ...

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 ...

Research shows that homebuyers often struggle to obtain small mortgages—those for less than $150,000—even in metropolitan areas where low-cost homes are plentiful. To better understand the financing ...

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 ...

Every state offers companies tax incentives, a mechanism by which states agree to forgo tax revenue in the hope that the companies’ activities will catalyze new economic activity. These incentives ...

Commercial tuna fisheries are among the most valuable fisheries on Earth, and with sales valued at more than US$40 billion a year, they play a vital role in coastal economies. 1 Transshipment – the ...

From 2000 to 2020, the overall rate of suicide increased 30% and climbed to more than 49,000 deaths in 2022—the highest number ever recorded in the United States. Suicidal ideation (a range of ...

From corner grocers and restaurateurs to construction contractors and biotech founders, immigrants make up around a third of all Philadelphia entrepreneurs and growing. 1 That’s double immigrants’ ...

Editor’s note: This article was updated on Oct. 8, 2024, with the correct name of the harbor in the photo. A barrage of natural disasters in California this year—from the nearly 430,000-acre Park fire ...

In 2021, Congress enacted the Digital Equity Act (DEA) as part of the massive Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). The DEA defines digital equity as “the condition in which individuals and ...