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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.

There's a growing movement to, but some say it's a misguided policy.
Federal tax reform and the economy are boosting state coffers -- for now.
Democrats are pushing legislation to require presidential candidates to release their tax returns. The same rules don't apply for most statewide elections -- but that could change.
Tax breaks likely aren't enough to lure investors to low-income communities in rural areas. There are ways they can become more attractive.
A new study confirms that the less teachers are paid, the more likely they are to protest. Only a few of the lowest-paid districts have yet to see a strike.
The part of the 2017 law that high-tax states are battling in court is likely helping them lower their debt -- at least in the short-term.
Baltimore hopes to spearhead two class action lawsuits that accuse banks of rate fixing.
Median earnings, poverty and employment rates have stagnated, and racial gaps have worsened, according to a new Brookings report. Five cities, however, are bucking these trends.
A new GAO report signals bad news for places that will try to rebuild after the Midwest flooding.
The funding influx is saving lives, but a new report says the federal government needs to stop "treating addiction as if it’s an acute condition instead of a chronic one."