Stat: 67% of U.S. adults think local elected officials care about the people they represent, according to the Pew Research Center.
Story: In the first episode of our season “States of Innovation,” Sue Urahn, Pew’s new president and CEO, discusses the role of state governments as “laboratories of our democracy,” where innovative thinking can be paired with policies informed by data to address long-standing problems.
Related resources:
Sue Urahn on How Data Leads to Good Public Policy
Gathering the Evidence, Making the Case