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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.

A recent document leak revealed that four states were targeted by a Panamanian law firm to hide assets.
A new federal rule could make it more expensive for governments to issue debt in a financial crisis.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Most places focus on pensions for cost-cutting. But a new study argues it would be easier for governments to reduce the collective $1 trillion they owe in retiree health care.
Nowhere are the problems with pension funding more evident than in Kentucky, where the state lost millions because of the stock market. Lawmakers are now debating how to recover.
A variation on the existing model would provide a money back guarantee should a project fail.
You’ve probably read about the Windy City’s money problems. But chances are they're worse than you thought, and a recent ruling didn't help.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Instead of divesting from oil companies, the nation's largest pension fund is trying to make all companies more environmentally friendly from within.