A proposal backed by Gov. Bob Ferguson to increase student access to free meals served at public schools also appears dead, at least for now.

Congressman Paul Tonko visited Albany's Whitney Young Health Center on Friday, saying the Republican-controlled Congress is considering massive cuts to Medicaid.

Two bills in the Washington state House and Senate are seeking to ease workforce shortages and financial burdens faced by ...

The Mosquito Fleet Act is the fastest and cheapest way to put new boats on the water,” state Rep. Greg Nance said.

With Medicaid now consuming 10% of the federal budget and covering more than one-quarter of Americans, taming its spending growth is a top priority for fiscal conservatives. But efforts to ...

In Pennsylvania, state budget makers recently unveiled the scale of that miscalculation, with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro proposing an increase of $2.5 billion in Medicaid spending in the next ...

Josh Shapiro proposing an increase of $2.5 billion in Medicaid spending in the next fiscal year. That amounts to a roughly 5% increase in overall state spending, mostly driven by the cost to care ...

In Pennsylvania, state budget makers recently unveiled the scale of that miscalculation, with Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro proposing an increase of $2.5 billion in Medicaid spending in the next ...

(The Hill) – Representatives of billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have turned their focus to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the agency ...

But the impact on Medicaid drew swift condemnation from Democratic senators, and anxious providers scrambled to assess the effects of a rapidly evolving situation. Twenty-three state attorneys ...