Curtailing parking minimums represents a sweeping shift in American attitudes. | Continue reading
Taxes make up about half of state government revenue, with two-thirds of states’ total tax dollars coming from levies on personal income and general sales of goods and services. This infographic illustrates the sources of each state’s tax revenue. | Continue reading
Effective marine protections provide key policy tools to safeguard biodiversity, enhance fisheries, build resilience against the effects of climate change, and sustain healthy coastal communities. However, realizing such benefits depends on the ability of people who manage marine … | Continue reading
New York City’s June mayoral primary will be the largest test for the voting method. | Continue reading
Bills in half the states would make it easier to fix phones and computers. | Continue reading
Advocates see an opportunity to transform the safety net. | Continue reading
Three-quarters of our planet is covered with water—and it’s this water that sustains life. But our liquid planet, home to half of the world’s known creatures and plants, is facing multiple threats, such as overfishing and commercial development. That’s why leading scientists say … | Continue reading
The business of state civil courts has changed over the past three decades. In 1990, a typical civil court docket featured cases with two opposing sides, each with an attorney, most frequently regarding commercial matters and disputes over contracts, injuries, and other harms. | Continue reading
Do political candidates have a constitutional right to lie? | Continue reading
Pew’s broadband research initiative reviewed state statutes, executive orders, and other governing directives for “broadband” and related terms (e.g., “high-speed internet”). This tool also includes information on state broadband programs gathered from state websites. All informa … | Continue reading
An upsurge in violent weather underscores the importance of hands-on training. | Continue reading
Marijuana tax revenue has the biggest impact when there’s little other industry in town. | Continue reading
Antibiotic resistance remains a pressing global public health problem. This second report on antibiotic use in the United States highlights encouraging progress made over the past year in the collection and availability of data for both human health care and animal agriculture se … | Continue reading
The share of people who return to state prison three years after being released—the most common measure of recidivism—dropped by nearly a quarter over a recent seven-year period, according to an analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts of federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) d … | Continue reading
The chemicals are getting into food, water and human bodies. | Continue reading