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Liz Farmer

Liz Farmer, who formerly covered fiscal policy as a Governing staff writer, helps lead the Pew Charitable Trusts’ state fiscal health project’s Fiscal 50 online resource, focusing on budgets, fiscal distress, tax policy and pensions. A former research fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government’s Future of Labor Research Center, Farmer holds a bachelor’s degree in American history, film and television production from George Washington University and a master’s in journalism from the University of Maryland.

And the report card isn't good: Most states failed to balance their budgets without resorting to one-time fixes or underfunding pensions, among other violations.
The ballot measure was widely supported by lenders and real estate agents. Critics warn that it's “a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
Voters easily passed a ballot measure allowing judges to strip pensions from any public servant convicted of a job-related crime.
State and local stakeholders were blindsided by an aspect of the tax bill that would eliminate tax-free financing for many large government projects.
Oklahoma's money problems represent a larger trend in state government.
A ballot measure would allow judges to strip pensions from corrupt public servants. But ethics watchdogs say the measure is little more than window dressing.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Come November, voters will weigh in on a ballot measure that relaxes rules on home equity loans.