The states have been studying how to support their aging populations, but now critical federal funds won’t be available to ...

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 ...

Federal cuts to SNAP under the One Big Beautiful Bill will force states to consider new costs for the nutrition program.

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

Without leadership and swift, coordinated action, the state risks being overwhelmed by both the scale of the financial burden ...

The Trump administration has sought to collect private information on mostly lower-income people who may be in the country ...

The Republican Party’s recent tax and spending bill made substantial changes to the landmark safety net programs created by ...

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

The projected $1.1 billion hole in Michigan’s upcoming budget will likely put a wrench into ongoing negotiations over a long-term road funding plan.

The bill, ushered through Congress by Republican leadership and signed by Trump Friday, includes $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, ...

One-sixth of Oklahoma's 686,800 SNAP users could lose their benefits due to cuts from the Trump administration.