Story: Wildfires have once again made headlines, highlighting the growing intensity and frequency of natural disasters across the United States. And these disasters leave more than destruction in ...

WASHINGTON—The Pew Charitable Trusts today commended Governor Bob Ferguson (D) of Washington State for signing into law a bipartisan bill unanimously passed by the state Legislature that allows ...

Beyond 200 nautical miles from the seashore lie the international waters of the high seas global commons covering 45 percent of the Earth’s surface. The time is ripe for a new initiative of great ...

In the nearly two years since the United Nations adopted a historic agreement to protect the high seas, U.N. member countries have been hard at work paving the way to implement the treaty under their ...

Along the coasts of Alaska and British Columbia, seaweed farming is growing rapidly, driven by growing demand for the marine algae in food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, textiles, and other products.

State tax revenue volatility has increased in recent years, with significant fluctuations not only in total collections but ...

After years of rapid expansion, growth in state rainy day funds slowed in fiscal year 2024. Although the median rainy day fund balance increased by 7% in fiscal 2024, that still marked a steep drop ...

It’s a truism that demography is destiny—and that includes the financial destiny of states. Although the population of the 50 states grew at its fastest rate in nearly a quarter of a century last year ...

Pandemic relief aid continued to inflate the percentage of state government revenue made up of federal dollars in fiscal year 2022. The share decreased by less than a percentage point from the prior ...

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To get well and stay well, you first need to know what’s making you sick. That’s why blood, saliva, and other in vitro diagnostics (IVDs) are so critical to modern medicine. According to new research ...

Health care organizations are using artificial intelligence (AI)—which the U.S. Food and Drug Administration defines as “the science and engineering of making intelligent machines”—for a growing range ...