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In the South Pacific, a Prime Chance to Improve Fisheries Management
The international waters of the South Pacific Ocean are home to numerous commercially valuable fisheries, and now the organization that oversees those fisheries has a chance to ensure they thrive far ...
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Converting Offices to Tiny Apartments Could Add Low-Cost Housing
Los Angeles and Houston could add thousands of low-cost housing units to their downtowns by converting vacant office buildings to “tiny apartments” with shared kitchens, bathrooms, and living rooms, ...
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In Western Canada, Abalone Recovery Creates New Opportunity for Indigenous Management
Northern abalone, or gálgahl’yaan in the Skidegate Haida language, have long been an important cultural symbol to the Indigenous community of Haida Gwaii, an archipelago 450 miles northwest of ...
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New Report Proposes Ways to Sustain ‘Public Impact’ Research
A report released in October 2024 by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and The Pew Charitable Trusts looks at ways to enhance structural support for public impact research ...
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Pew Biomedical Scholar Seeks to Develop 'Universal Vaccine' for HIV
Each year, millions of Americans travel to their doctors’ offices and local clinics to get vaccinated against dangerous, and potentially deadly, viruses. That’s because viruses rapidly mutate and ...
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What Makes an Economic Development Incentive Effective?
States use economic development incentives to encourage companies to locate or expand. An incentive has benefits for residents when the economic gains it generates, less its costs and any negative ...
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Alabama Workplace Savings Program Would Help 831,000 Workers Save for a More Secure Financial Future
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 ...
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State and Local Correctional Health Care
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 ...
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Pew Applauds Bureau of Land Management for Conservation of Public Lands in 'Oregon’s Outback'
WASHINGTON—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Jan. 17 issued a record of decision and final resource management plan covering 3.2 million acres in the relatively sparsely populated high desert ...
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Scientist Seeks to Combat Illegal Fishing by Increasing Transparency in Senegal's Seafood Supply Chain
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is a critical global problem that not only threatens ocean biodiversity and sustainable fisheries but also puts coastal communities’ livelihoods and food ...
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With Cities Facing Fiscal Challenges, a Few Try Tax Reform
Many cities will face fiscal challenges in 2025 despite having relatively strong economies—a result of several factors, including revenue dips due to new commuting patterns and the coming expiration ...