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 ...

It will be up to the Legislature to decide how to spend the money the state brings in. States aren’t just facing the Medicaid and SNAP cutbacks, Delaney said. They are facing a “tsunami” of funding ...

The Trump administration's budget adjustments are reshaping the financial landscape of essential social assistance programs. With cuts to SNAP and Medicaid, states are now facing the daunting task of ...