In Philadelphia, where nearly 10,000 people have died from drug overdoses in the last eight years, the Pew Fund for Health and Human Services supports several front-line organizations that offer ...

As world governments negotiate regulations to manage deep-sea mining, views differ within the membership of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) – the body tasked with overseeing seabed mining ...

The U.S. power grid is under increasing pressure because of aging infrastructure, severe weather events, the rapid growth of data centers and domestic manufacturing, and a lack of adequate ...

There’s a saying in the state budget world that there is no such thing as a “normal” budget cycle. Part of the budgeting process requires allowing for unforeseen events. The past five years have ...

Since 2018, Michigan’s Medicaid program has provided treatment to patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) through health homes—a team of health providers that integrate and coordinate their services ...

Across the country, governors continue to make behavioral health a priority—using their State of the State, budget, and inaugural addresses to highlight investments in behavioral health infrastructure ...

An estimated nationwide shortage of 4 to 7 million homes has pushed rents to all-time highs, with a record share of Americans spending more than 30% of their income on rent. Meanwhile, the median home ...

On April 23, The Pew Charitable Trusts, in collaboration with the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (Philadelphia Fed), hosted an in-depth conversation about economic mobility in the region, ...

"My ancestors were scientists before the word ‘scientist’ came into their lives.” Those are the words of Jaytuk Steinruck in a recent video highlighting the work of the Tribal Marine Stewards Network ...

Retirement security depends on individuals saving for their future, but millions of Americans lack access to an employer-provided savings plan that might help them do so. Research shows that workers ...

State courts bear the immense responsibility of handling about 66 million cases a year, many of which require people facing civil or criminal matters to go to court for at least one hearing, and often ...

In their 2025 State of the State addresses, governors throughout the nation raised concerns about budgetary constraints, revenue shortfalls, and the difficult decisions they face in balancing their ...