Effectively administering health care programs is a critical element of sound fiscal management for state and local governments. As health care and corrections have emerged in recent years as fiscal ...

Dr. Shantel Hébert-Magee is the Chief Medical Officer of Louisiana Medicaid, and Kolynda Parker is the state’s Medicaid deputy director for program operations and compliance. As part of the leadership ...

Maria Cervania is a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the state’s 41st district, and serves on the Health House Standing Committee. An epidemiologist by training, ...

World leaders and civil society representatives gathering in Baku, Azerbaijan, for their annual climate policy negotiations face a grim challenge: how to stem greenhouse gas emissions and reverse ...

Editor's note: On Nov. 15, 2024, this article was updated to provide more information about natural infrastructure and nature-based solutions. When most people hear "infrastructure," they picture ...

Lately, it seems our major political parties can find little to agree on. Nevertheless, some policies still garner strong bipartisan support, including protecting America’s public safety and wildlife ...

The science is clear: Fisheries in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, and many of the marine species that rely on healthy fish populations there, are in decline. This is due in large part to overfishing of ...

North Atlantic swordfish are top predators that have adapted to hunting squid and other prey in deep waters. The species is priced commercially, with catch worth as much as US$10 million per year in ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...