From 2002 to 2023, public school staff increased by 15 percent even as student enrollment rose by just 4 percent.

New Mexico’s public pension system has only 65% of the funding needed to pay promised benefits, and its contributions fall about $160 million short each year. New Mexico ranks among the 10 states with ...

Public school funding has risen drastically in the last couple of decades, but dollars are increasingly going toward ...

A K–12 finance agenda aimed at transparency, sustainability, and productivity can help state policymakers navigate the decade ...

Identifying open enrollment’s effects on families, taxpayers, and districts requires detailed open enrollment data. Improving ...

The nation’s state and local governments reported $6 trillion in total debt and nearly $5 trillion in long-term debt at the end of fiscal year 2024, the most recent year with complete data available, ...

The nation’s 50 state governments reported $2.6 trillion in total debt and $1.9 trillion in long-term debt at the end of fiscal year 2024, Reason Foundation’s State and Local Government Finance Report ...

K-12 open enrollment allows students to transfer to public schools other than their residentially assigned one, provided space is available. School parents widely support this policy. A December 2025 ...

Across the country, state and local governments are passing increasingly restrictive short-term rental policies. These efforts are based on concerns about rising housing costs and neighborhood ...

Texas is proud to be among the states with the lowest taxes. According to the Tax Foundation, the state ranks seventh in overall tax competitiveness, largely because it has no personal income tax and ...

Beneath the surface of America’s bustling cities, suburbs, and school systems lies a story of growing concern—one of mounting fiscal pressures that threaten the long-term delivery of public services.