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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.

It's up to voters this November, but other states have enacted similar moves only to encounter financial problems later.
A federal bankruptcy judge dealt a serious blow to California's public employee pension systems by ruling Wednesday that payments for future worker retirements can be reduced when a city declares bankruptcy -- just like its other debts.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
A new federal rule opens the door to counting municipal bonds in bank assets.
The GSA's Dan Tangherlini says government offices have to defy their reputation of being slow to change and inconvenient for the average working person.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
When a North Carolina mayor walked 273 miles to Washington, D.C., this summer, he was just the latest in a long line of politicians to take an attention-seeking stroll.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
A new survey finds that pension funding levels across all states and major cities inched downward in 2013 and that cities are bearing a greater burden in their budgets than states.
A sovereignty measure on Arizona's ballot this November will let voters decide whether or not the state can forgo enforcing certain federal laws like Obamacare.