Also then the SNAP Food Benefits program for the state is affected by the federal cuts, as Hochul says, "Three million people in the state of New York will have their food benefits jeopardized. They ...

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 ...

Instead, state policymakers will be left with no choice but to make draconian cuts to their Medicaid programs in order to balance their budgets. Federal Medicaid funding is critical to state budgets.

Medicaid, food aid recipients worry about safety net cuts in bill sent to Trump The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says that by 2034, the bill would result in nearly 12 million more ...

Trump's spending and tax agenda, which was signed into law on July 4, is receiving mixed reactions in the Hawkeye State.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Supporters of the sweeping tax and spending legislation that Congress has sent to President Donald Trump say the changes to Medicaid, food aid and other programs will ...