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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The percentage of Americans working from home has quadrupled since 2019. One consequence of this change has been a historic decline in demand for office space—20% of offices were vacant in July 2024, ...

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), ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Philadelphians examining their residential property reappraisals this fall are noticing the impact of recent changes that have resulted in certain homeowners paying higher effective tax rates than two ...