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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.

Chicago is the latest example of the many local and state governments that are haunted by interest rate swap agreements they made before the Great Recession.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
The impact of oil's price drop depends on how much a local government relies on the oil industry for revenue and jobs.
One Ohio county is rolling in so much extra revenue that it's offering other counties low-interest loans for infrastructure projects.
Even though Kansas’ budget and credit have suffered since enacting massive tax cuts, governors in Maine and Ohio are still pushing similar plans.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a possible presidential contender, wants more states to adopt a new measurement tool called "net present value plus."
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Municipalities' increasing reliance on bank deals, which governments can legally hide from investors for more than a year, has spurred calls for better transparency.