State auditor warns welfare fraud is 'incredibly easy' as Mississippi's high-profile trial exposes weaknesses costing ...

The funding pause could jeopardize child care and other programs that serve hundreds of thousands of households in California ...

In an interview with 24/7 Wall St., Tracy Gordon, senior fellow at the nonpartisan think tank Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, explained how welfare generally works in the United States. While ...

The Trump administration is ramping up federal enforcement in Minnesota, citing massive fraud tied to state programs, as ...

Two Republican state lawmakers have asked the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare to not spend federal funds to expand ...

Many welfare programs give greater benefits to unmarried individuals than to a married couple of otherwise identical income. The resulting marriage penalty discourages marriage and rewards single ...

The federal trial for former WWE wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr., charged in Mississippi's welfare fraud scandal, is scheduled to ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday directed two state agencies to investigate the potential misuse of taxpayer money in one ...

A day after ending his re-election campaign, Tim Walz vowed to stay on as Minnesota governor amid mounting scrutiny over the ...

Minnesota welfare fraud investigation expands beyond $1 billion scandal to expose systemic abuse of federal loan programs, ...

Several state program offices are relocating around Eugene and Springfield. Here's which programs will be moving.