The Pew Charitable Trusts has partnered with the Civic Science Fellows program to host its first fellow as part of the 2024-25 cohort. Lisa Maillard, a Ph.D. candidate in environmental policy and ...

Research shows that homebuyers often struggle to obtain small mortgages—those for less than $150,000—even in metropolitan areas where low-cost homes are plentiful. To better understand the financing ...

These data have been updated. Click here for new data. Taxes and federal funds together account for 80.9 percent of revenue for the 50 states. Taxes are the largest revenue source in 45 states, while ...

With few new starter or lower-cost homes being built in the U.S., communities throughout the nation could leverage manufactured homes (modern mobile homes) to help increase the housing supply. However ...

Every state offers companies tax incentives, a mechanism by which states agree to forgo tax revenue in the hope that the companies’ activities will catalyze new economic activity. These incentives ...

A new study shows that from 2015 to 2019, the United States saw increases in the overall rate of suicide attempts and the rate of people experiencing suicidal thoughts, with sharper increases among ...

From 2000 to 2020, the overall rate of suicide increased 30% and climbed to more than 49,000 deaths in 2022—the highest number ever recorded in the United States. Suicidal ideation (a range of ...

Tidal forested wetlands, including brackish tidal swamps, are important ecological transition zones between land and sea. Influenced by tides and freshwater, these ecosystems feature woody plants that ...