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 ...

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 ...

Safety-net cuts could be deferred and disguised by provisions tucked in the One Big Beautiful Act. But they’re coming.

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

Republicans have contended that the program is plagued by fraud and that funds have been mismanaged, resulting in SNAP ...

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

We can patch up our safety net by making sure corporations and the wealthiest households pay their fair share of state taxes.

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

Missouri taxpayers face billions in additional Medicaid, SNAP costs under federal megabill. Rudi Keller. ... But a large part of the 10-year impact would be costs shifted to the state.