States earn revenue by investing surplus funds—and money held in reserves and special accounts—but these earnings typically have been a tiny source of state revenue. However, in recent years, after ...

As states move from studying generative artificial intelligence to actively deploying it, the benefits and risks of integrating this rapidly evolving technology into government operations are starting ...

The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the eight pairs of researchers who will make up its 2024 class of Innovation Fund investigators. These 16 acclaimed scientists—all alumni of Pew’s biomedical ...

PHILADELPHIA—The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that it has awarded more than $8 million to Philadelphia-area nonprofit organizations working to improve maternal and infant health for ...

The fate of many large landscapes and diverse, intact ecosystems across Alaska could soon be decided by the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which will identify which ancestral lands will ...

New Income-Driven Repayment Plan Will Promote Successful Repayment Restart Forthcoming improvements will increase payment affordability, limit balance growth ...

Since the passage of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) in 2021 and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, state policymakers have been working to capitalize on the historic ...

In a trend that risks watering down global conservation efforts, some governments and fishery management organizations are considering proposals to declare large areas of the ocean “conserved” even as ...

Open-ocean seabirds such as albatrosses and large petrels are highly vulnerable to capture in commercial fishing gear because they tend to follow and scavenge from fishing vessels and dive on baited ...

At a time when many people lament divisions in society, some interfaith organizations are showing that seemingly disparate religious groups can bring people together and build community.

Health care providers can play a critical role in identifying people at risk for suicide and connecting them to the care they need. A new video from The Pew Charitable Trusts looks at how universal ...

Colorado’s snow-capped peaks, alpine forests, mountain valleys, and rivers and streams are, like similar landscapes, invaluable. But that doesn’t mean one cannot assign a dollar value to the benefits ...