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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.

Oregon would have been the first state to set up an ongoing investment trust fund for higher education.
If Arizona successfully opts out of enforcing a federal law like Obamacare, some see other states following suit.
Floridians defeated a proposed constitutional change that would have let governors name a new judge once the retirement date of the outgoing judge is known.
The bond referendum provides money for more space, better security and new high-tech gadgets.
The cap makes the state more competitive with its tax-friendlier neighbors, but states that have enacted similar restrictions on taxes encountered financial problems later.
Most states have at least considered banning foreign laws in their courts in recent years. Opponents say the controversial bans target Islam and are based on stereotypes.
The Ocean State is one of more than a dozen that periodically asks voters whether they want to hold another constitutional convention.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
It's the biggest effort yet to make government tax subsidies more transparent.
More than two years after it entered, the California city emerged from bankruptcy Thursday with its retirees and employees allowed to keep their pension benefits.