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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.

The SAFE Banking Act passed a congressional committee on Thursday, meaning it’s already made it farther in the legislative process than the previous version.
Washington state, which gave Boeing $1 billion over the past four years, has a well-established system to evaluate tax deals. Many governments don't.
The president's 2020 proposal would slash domestic spending by nearly 10 percent and increase defense spending by 5 percent.
For the first time since the Great Recession, most states have restored their education cuts. But the places where protests have erupted still have a long way to go.
New research shows that it's not rare for companies to lower their job promises after accepting tax incentives from the government.
Kentucky and Illinois are weighing extreme options to reduce their pension debt -- but critics say they could ultimately cost the states more.
After PG&E's bankruptcy and downgrades, S&P says more could follow if the state doesn't reform utility regulations.
Unlike states, localities are more constrained in their ability to raise revenues. It's creating big budget deficits for some school districts.
The president's plan to build a border wall could cost the most for California, Hawaii and Maryland -- three of the 16 states suing to block the declaration.
Turner died on Tuesday at age 70, two months into his first congressional term. We are rerunning our 2019 profile of him as mayor.