States are uniquely positioned to extend and sustain affordable broadband access into the future, positioning all communities to benefit from the connectivity that Americans rely on to learn, work, and engage in today’s society.
With uses from smart appliances to precision farming, the internet is increasingly woven into daily life—yet millions of Americans still lack access to high-speed service.
For the second year in a row, states’ rainy day fund capacity—the number of days that reserve balances could cover state operations—fell from its all-time high, reached in fiscal year 2024.
The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) marked a historic increase in federal spending for water infrastructure, providing $55 billion from fiscal year 2022 through fiscal 2026. Most of these investments—$43.4 billion—came in the form of supplemental funding to the State Revolving Funds (SRFs), effectively quadrupling annual SRF funding over the five years.
Government employees provide many of the day-to-day services that cities offer residents, including stocking and caring for the books they check out of libraries, collecting their trash and recyclables, and inspecting the restaurants where they gather with family and friends.
In one of the world’s most urbanized coastal environments—the waters around Hong Kong—pressure from human activities is threatening the vulnerable Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin, known locally as the Chinese white dolphin.
This year, more than 2 million Americans will hear the words "you have cancer." That's 5,500 people each day—about one every 15 seconds. And as upsetting as that phrase might be, even more distressing is the word that often comes next: chemotherapy.
Both hallowed and humble, libraries are central to community engagement and vitality. In fact, there are more libraries in the U.S. (an estimated 125,211, according to the American Library Association) than there are McDonald’s and Starbucks combined.
This past summer, at least 20,000 people throughout the United States became sick from cyclospora, a parasite linked to contaminated produce that can cause severe gastrointestinal illness. But how did public health officials go from hearing about a single case to sounding the alarm on a much larger outbreak? Lettuce explain.
With uses from smart appliances to precision farming, the internet is increasingly woven into daily life—yet millions of Americans still lack access to high-speed service.
Government employees provide many of the day-to-day services that cities offer residents, including stocking and caring for the books they check out of libraries, collecting their trash and recyclables, and inspecting the restaurants where they gather with family and friends.
The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) marked a historic increase in federal spending for water infrastructure, providing $55 billion from fiscal year 2022 through fiscal 2026. Most of these investments—$43.4 billion—came in the form of supplemental funding to the State Revolving Funds (SRFs), effectively quadrupling annual SRF funding over the five years.
