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 ...

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 ...

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

From tax cuts to program cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, political decisions carry a cost paid by American citizens, ...

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

A year ago, U.S. District Judge Doug Harpool ruled that Missouri was violating federal law by failing to properly operate the ...

Tens of thousands in Missouri and Kansas are at risk of losing Medicaid. We sit down with Swope Health's CEO Jaron Ravin to ...

Missouri voters expanded Medicaid in 2020 but this new bill slashes it. Single moms in Richland and veterans in Iberia will ...

President Donald Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" shifts more Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program costs to states.

What are the implications of the SNAP-Ed program's elimination? For starters, 1 million Missouri residents were helped by the ...

U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood is voicing full-throated support for the massive Republican tax and spending bill, despite past ...

As Congress debates food assistance cuts, it's worth noting that children, seniors, veterans, and disabled Americans make up 80% of SNAP recipients ...