Health Aug 25 Maine clinics denied Medicaid funds for low-income patients during lawsuit over Trump cuts to abortion providers By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press
Politics Aug 21 WATCH: Vance highlights Trump’s ‘big bill’ in Georgia remarks Trump's sweeping new law that was dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” was referred to by Vance throughout his remarks as the “working families tax cut.”… By Associated Press
Education Aug 13 Early education experts see this new Trump rule as ‘the wrong step at the wrong time’ Shutting off federal loans for these students could turn people away from the profession altogether, at a time when teachers are burnt out and leaving classrooms and daycares, early childhood educators and experts told PBS News. By Laura Santhanam
Health Aug 07 Watch 5:23 Louisiana’s high Medicaid reliance places state on frontlines of health care cuts President Trump's big budget law is expected to make the largest cuts ever to Medicaid, a program that currently provides health insurance for some 70 million Americans. As Lisa Desjardins reports, those impacts will be felt in House Speaker Mike… By Lisa Desjardins, Sarah Clune Hartman
Health Jul 30 Watch 4:07 Medicaid recipients in Louisiana brace for impact of work requirements and cuts Members of the U.S. House have left Washington for their summer break, and Republicans are working to promote the tax and spending cuts President Trump recently signed into law. But concerns about cuts to Medicaid remain. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins… By Lisa Desjardins, Sarah Clune Hartman
Jul 30 60 years after Medicaid was signed into law, Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ is chiseling it back By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press On a July day in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a health care safety net for millions of low-income Americans in one of the crowning achievements of his legacy. Continue reading
Jul 21 Why child health advocates worry about the loss of federal summer EBT funding By Laura Santhanam Iowa has launched its own summer EBT program that food security advocates say provides nutrition for a fraction of kids who otherwise may struggle to eat enough when school is out of session. More states may soon look to adopt… Continue reading
Jul 16 How bipartisan support helped foundations avoid a 600% tax increase in Trump’s big tax and spending law By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press The move reveals the power of philanthropic groups, especially conservative ones, to sway legislators. Continue reading
Jul 16 WATCH: Vance pitches Trump’s tax and spending law to supporters in Pennsylvania By Marc Levy, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday made the Trump administration's first big pitch to sell the public on President Donald Trump’s sweeping budget-and-policy package in the swing political turf of northeastern Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 7:15 How a ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ provision could accelerate a shift toward private education By Stephanie Sy, Kyle Midura President Trump’s big policy act on tax cuts, spending cuts and immigration also has a number of other key provisions that are getting less attention but include big changes. That includes what amounts to a new national school voucher program. Continue watching