The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) finalized a rule Thursday afternoon, clamping down on states’ Medicaid provider taxes. | Restrictions on "a Medicaid financing gimmick” through which ...

A lapse in funding might only last through the weekend after Democrats and the White House struck a deal to temporarily fund ...

Taking such a large bite out of the emergency fund to avoid tough budgeting decisions is imprudent. A healthy rainy day fund bolsters a state's credit rating, lowering borrowing costs. Putting the ...

The first time Patrick Thaw saw his University of Michigan friends together since sophomore year ended was bittersweet. They ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) will be speaking this morning about the 2026 legislative year. Hall is scheduled to speak at 11 a.m. The Michigan Legislature ...

President Donald Trump has brought mixed economic results to Michiganders in the first year of his second term.

Congressional Republicans, who last year barred the District of Columbia from spending $1 billion of its own revenue in its 2025 budget, are now moving to block another DC law.

An annual report evaluating statewide tobacco regulations marked Maryland down for cutting $5 million from tobacco prevention programs, at a time when uncertain federal funding and support make ...

Speaking Feb. 2 at Wayne State University during a community health conference, Slotkin told medical professionals and ...

A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers tasked with writing the state’s annual budget voiced concerns on Monday over proposals to curb Medicaid spending during a marathon, multi-hour hearing.

Medicaid is a joint federal and state health insurance program designed for low-income individuals that can help cover some of the costs associated with long-term care, including assisted living. But ...

Surging Medicaid costs and dramatically shrinking federal aid are a recipe for fiscal crisis, state Comptroller Sean Scanlon warned Monday. And while Connecticut’s chief fiscal watchdog didn’t call ...