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| New Housing Near Jobs, Stores, and Transit Pays Off |  | A lot of communities want to build more homes these days. But where should that housing go?
New research finds that building near existing jobs, stores, and transit can lower infrastructure costs, generate more property tax revenue per acre, and make better use of roads and utilities that are already in place.
Three ways it pays:| ⬇️ | Lower up-front costs: Building near jobs, stores, and transit reduces upfront infrastructure construction costs by about $21,000 per home on average, compared to housing at the edges of cities and towns. | | 🏗️ | Lower maintenance costs: Because these homes use existing infrastructure, ongoing maintenance costs are about 50% lower, on average. | | 💵 | More revenue per acre: Housing near existing amenities generates about 13% more property tax revenue per acre, on average, by widening the tax base. |
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| Have Wages Kept Up With Inflation? | PEW RESEARCH CENTER
|  | Prices have risen quickly in recent years, and wages haven't always kept up.
From December 1999 to December 2025, median weekly wages more than doubled, before accounting for inflation. After adjusting for rising prices, though, workers' buying power grew by only 11% to 22%, depending on how inflation is calculated. | |
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| When Long-Term Trends Hit State Budgets |  | State budgets are shaped by more than the next recession or emergency. Lasting changes—such as population shifts, climate risks, and new technology—can affect tax revenue, public services, infrastructure, and long-term fiscal stability.
Pew reviewed more than 400 practices that look at these kinds of risks—and found that six states' methods include all five elements essential to an "emerging risk assessment practice":- Considering long-term trends
- Looking at least five years out
- Focusing on fiscal effects
- Connecting the findings to the budget process
- Identifying new risks on a routine basis
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| Why We Need One Scorecard for Ocean Health |  | Nearly every country has agreed to protect more ocean life by 2030. But Pew's Jim Palardy and Winnie Roberts write that ocean protection and fishing rules need to work together—not as separate goals.
Their idea: Use the same basic measures, such as the recovery of threatened populations or the condition of critical habitats, to show what's actually working in the water. | |
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