The Pew Charitable Trusts - State and Consumer Initiativespennsylvania-struggles-to-help-its-weakest-citieshttp://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/pennsylvania-struggles-to-help-its-weakest-cities-85899404406Pennsylvania has an ambitious program aimed at fixing the finances of troubled cities. In most cases, it doesn’t accomplish a lot.2012-07-12T00:05:00-04:00san-francisco-voters-approve-pension-cutbackshttp://www.pewstates.org/projects/stateline/headlines/san-francisco-voters-approve-pension-cutbacks-85899375257<div class="statelinestory">A coalition of business and labor groups won passage of a ballot measure reducing pension benefits for San Francisco's public employees. The question is how far it will go in solving the city's serious long-term pension finance problems. </div>2011-11-10T00:00:00-05:00