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

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

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

Americans broadly support increasing or maintaining funding for safety net programs, including Social Security and Medicare, ...

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

In fiscal year 2023, the combination of expiring federal COVID-19 pandemic aid, slowing tax revenue growth, and rising costs for Medicaid led to an increase in the share of state revenue dedicated ...

“We actually reduce Medicaid costs of 21% every time somebody becomes a clubhouse member, it actually is about a 35% to 40% ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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