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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.

In the post-recession era, some struggling governments are choosing not to pay bondholders -- and judges are allowing their refusal.
A week after San Francisco ended its "Twitter tax break," Washington, D.C., ditched some incentives for tech companies.
Ransomware attacks are becoming more sophisticated and taking longer for governments to recover from. Some of Baltimore's services have been down for nearly a month.
Most states have improved their finances since the last one.
West Sacramento, Calif.'s Christopher Cabaldon has revived his town and become a player on the national stage.
New studies shed light on how low-income children can beat the odds that are against them in school and beyond.
The short-term effects haven't been as bad as predicted, but local governments are still worried about the long term.
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A growing body of evidence shows that "alternative investments" may be lowering returns and costing state and local governments more.