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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

With the closing of a local soup kitchen and more restrictive eligibility requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful ...

President Donald Trump’s new budget package cuts funding for programs like Medicaid and SNAP through work requirements.

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

The Medicaid cuts recently approved by Congress and President Donald Trump could force states into difficult decisions, ...

Nearly one in three SNAP households includes an older adult, and participation cuts hospital stays and Medicaid costs — savings the state cannot afford to lose while facing record health care cuts.

Opinion: A SNAP cost-share would hit states twice Opinion: The unconscionably high cost of cutting federal food programs House Ag Republicans struggle with spending cuts; state SNAP cost-share ...

SNAP is first line of defense against hunger for millions of North Carolinians. If the Senate passes the budget bill cuts will begin immediately.