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State and Local Governments Use Innovative Financing to Build Disaster Resilience
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 ...
Pew Charitable Trusts5 天
EU Council Takes Vital Step on Plastic Pellet Pollution
The effort to secure the world’s first regional policy to curb a major source of microplastic pollution in Europe took a welcome step forward this week when the Council of the EU finalized its ...
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Pew Applauds New Management Plan for Southwest Wyoming Public Lands
WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts today commended the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for finalizing the agency’s Rock Springs Resource Management Plan. The record of decision, issued December ...
Pew Charitable Trusts6 天
How Too Many State Policies Fail Americans Sued for Debt
This article is the first of a three-part series looking at issues surrounding debt lawsuits in state courts. Debt lawsuits are burdening Americans, overwhelming state courts, and failing to provide ...
Pew Charitable Trusts6 天
In the Nation’s Capital, a Neighborhood Leans on Nature-Based Solutions to Manage Stormwater
It started more than 10 years ago with a phone call: A homeowner in Washington, D.C.’s Hillcrest neighborhood, concerned about what she thought was a sinkhole in the parkland behind her house, called ...
Pew Charitable Trusts6 天
3 Major Obstacles Limit Rural Homeownership
Americans living in rural areas often struggle to get a mortgage, which limits their ability to attain homeownership. One key reason is the limited availability of small mortgages, those under ...
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Experts and Advocates Release Key Principles for Improving Wildfire Funding and Budgeting
The Pew Charitable Trusts, the Alliance for Wildfire Resilience, BuildStrong America, the Federation of American Scientists, Megafire Action, and Taxpayers for Common Sense have established a set of ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 天
State Health Care Spending on Medicaid
The State Health Care Spending Project, a collaboration between The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, is examining seven major areas of state health care ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 天
Lessons From Economic Development Incentive Evaluations for Supporting Small Businesses
Tax incentives are one of the primary ways states seek to spur business expansion, increase job numbers, and otherwise strengthen their economies. Often, these incentives target small businesses, in ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 天
Ohio a National Model for Payday Loan Reform
Policymakers in states that allow payday lending should follow Ohio’s breakthrough approach to save their constituents tens of millions of dollars a year and maintain access to credit. This video is ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 天
State and Local Correctional Health Care
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 ...
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Small Mortgages Offer Opportunity to Invest in Rural Communities
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 ...