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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.

In the past, changes to federal tax policy have led to a number of changes to state tax policies.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
What's shaping up to be a bad year for pension plans could give ammunition to politicians who want to change how they work and cut employee benefits.
A social policy experiment is spreading across the country as a new way to finance, deliver, and improve public services and problems. But its merits are so far unproven.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Before Detroit, many thought general obligation bonds were ironclad. Now they know better.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
As research shows how ill-prepared most working Americans are for retirement, pressure is mounting for states to step in.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.