Robust employment rates among prime-age Americans are a key driver of state finances, and women’s contributions are on the rise. In most of the country, higher shares of women were employed in 2023 ...

The United States has a shortage of 4 million to 7 million homes and, at the same time, an all-time-high office vacancy rate of 20%, meaning that more than a billion square feet of office space is ...

Stat: 1 foot: the amount the sea level rose in the Chesapeake Bay in the last century, twice as fast as the global average. Story: Climate change is driving sea-level rise and worsening coastal ...

A record number of Americans are reaching retirement age this year, marking the start of an unprecedented surge in Americans turning 65 that will last through roughly 2027, and bringing issues related ...

The science is clear: Marine protected areas (MPAs) are essential to helping our ocean recover from human-inflicted damage and thrive far into the future. But for MPAs to work, marine managers need ...

Clean energy industries, from solar and wind to electric vehicles and battery storage, have already added hundreds of thousands of jobs to the U.S. economy and could prove to have a historic impact on ...

David Hyun, M.D., and Rachel Zetts, MPH, lead The Pew Charitable Trusts’ recently launched state health solutions project, which focuses on using data to improve health outcomes, narrow health ...

Extreme weather impacts are felt at the local level first, something 3,143 county governments throughout the United States know all too well. According to the National Association of Counties (NACo), ...

Robin Delucia had to reenter the workforce after initially retiring at 70 because she couldn’t live on her nest egg. And she’s not alone. Nearly a third of retirees are considering going back to work ...

Around the world, biodiversity is in trouble, with up to 1 million animal and plant species teetering on the brink of extinction and habitats disappearing at an alarming rate. This trajectory ...