Fierce Healthcare

State Medicaid budgets to weather $664B reduction through 2034 due to OBBBA: RAND

A collective $664 billion is set to disappear from states’ Medicaid budgets through 2034 as a result of policy changes ...
Managed Healthcare Executive

One Big Beautiful Bill Act projected to reduce state Medicaid funding by $664 billion

Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) are projected to reduce total Medicaid funding flowing through state ...

Reduction in Arkansas State Police pursuits is due to law changes, messaging campaign, director says

The director of the Arkansas State Police on Wednesday attributed a drop in pursuits by state troopers last year to a ...

Enrollment decline leads to $17M reduction in state funding for OCPS

Enrollment decline leads to $17M funding cut for Orange County Schools. Find out what this means for the district.
WDRB

State income tax reduction, abortion, sanctuary cities take center stage in Kentucky Legislature

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Newly proposed legislation aims to reduce Kentucky's state income tax from 4% to 3.5%, with long-term plans to eliminate the tax entirely. Lawmakers are debating the best ...
City Limits

As State Budget Falls Short On Climate, Lawmakers Make Final Push for Packaging Reduction Bill

“This is the moment for New York to do something big,” said Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics. She’s among those pushing state lawmakers to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling ...

County sales tax emerges as last major property tax reduction proposal standing in Legislature

Rapid City Republican Sen. Taffy Howard stood in the South Dakota Senate on Monday, saying she’d begrudgingly vote for ...

State public-option health plans expand but can't fill gaps left by federal changes

Nevada recently became the third state to offer one of the plans on the ACA marketplaces. They're intended to be a cheaper ...