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 will face difficulties,

Federal cuts to SNAP under the One Big Beautiful Bill will force states to consider new costs for the nutrition program.

With the stroke of a pen in Washington, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are now living under the threat of hunger and illness. The “One Big Beautiful Bill” guts the Supplemental Nutrition

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

Nearly 268,000 Hoosiers are about to lose Medicaid, 128,000 of them are about to lose SNAP benefits, and everyone is going to pay the price for the cruelty, warn the very people who’re going

Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' promising tax cuts and federal program reductions could cost Oklahoma upwards of $1 billion due to Medicaid and SNAP cuts. State lawmakers discuss potential implications.

Perhaps the most controversial measure in the bill would shift some SNAP costs to the states for the first time. Currently, the federal government is responsible for 100% of program costs.

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

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, health policy experts say. Part of several major changes to Medicaid, the bill caps how much states can tax health care providers,