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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.

Partially because of tax policies, state budgets have become increasingly unpredictable. But a few states are finding ways to manage the craziness.
As New York tries to lure Floridians up north, the Sunshine State's CFO wrote Gov. Andrew Cuomo to dispute New York's ad campaign claims.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
One analyst says the new way the credit rating agency scores local governments downplays the risk investors are taking and could encourage ratings shopping.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Some governments, particularly those with money problems, borrow to quickly pay down their pension obligations. But a new study shows it can leave them more financially vulnerable.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.
Credit markets view the move as a positive for the state but negative for municipalities.
A new rule about who can give governments financial advice went into effect, but how to apply it is far from resolved.
A roundup of money (and other) news governments can use.