As the frequency and severity of wildfires, floods, and droughts intensify across the U.S., scientists have long pointed to ...

Population trends affect state ledgers in complex ways. For example, a fast-growing population typically strengthens the tax ...

For years, the housing needs of Philadelphians have simmered at near-crisis levels. Families, both new to the city and those ...

Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing not only is a major contributor to overfishing but also has far-reaching, ...

Aboard the survey ship Island Sky in the Southern Ocean—Early in the morning of Nov. 20, 2023, I was awoken by an ...

The public sector has long been seen as a reliable provider of retirement security. But a recent survey suggests that some ...

After losing a young patient to suicide in early 2023, Dr. Edward Salzberg, a pediatrician at Roswell Pediatrics Center in Georgia, found himself looking for solutions. “I had a teenager who died by ...

Editor’s note: This page was updated on April 25, 2024, to change the photo to one showing the Avondale Shipyard in Louisiana. NEW ORLEANS—A report released today shows that Louisiana businesses and ...

Property tax relief is high on the agenda of many lawmakers from states in the Mountain West, where property values have skyrocketed in part because of an influx of residents from the East and West ...

Stat: 49%: The share of Americans who say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, compared to 39% in 2018. Story: Montana has been rapidly attracting new ...

On April 22, the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) adopted new carbon pollution reduction targets for the state’s forests, wetlands, grasslands, rangelands, deserts, urban green spaces, and ...