The financial balance of U.S. states faces a significant challenge as recent federal policies shift the responsibility and costs of essential social programs onto their budgets. The question is not if ...

A wide array of hunger and health care advocates are hoping to mitigate the effects of some provisions in Trump’s budget bill ...

States, already facing cuts to services by Trump administration, now trying to figure out how to fit Medicaid and SNAP cuts ...

North Carolina’s rural hospitals will face $3.7 billion in Medicaid cuts and the state could be forced to end its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) following passage of President ...

The price tag of Medicaid and SNAP climbs automatically because benefit formulas are tied to inflation and the cost of ...

The “One Big Beautiful Bill” offers tax cuts to the wealthiest at the expense of low-income children’s health and education.

New rules could push some residents off Medicaid, SNAP, not because they’re ineligible, but because they miss deadlines or ...

There are some projected savings, but Connecticut will see some significant fiscal impacts under the new federal law.

Missouri currently pays about 35% of the cost of covering about 900,000 people covered by traditional Medicaid. Anyone who is enrolled now in the expansion group would be covered with a 90% ...