Democratic lawmakers are already pushing bills that would crack down on conversion therapy in a different way: by making it easier to sue providers pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

It's three times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump The president has approved just 23 percent of blue state requests for disaster aid, compared to 89 percent for red states.

This Trump administration has approved 23% of disaster relief requests from states with a Democratic governor and two Democratic senators, compared to 89% of requests from GOP-led states www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

Fresh nightmare fuel for lawmakers today, from @reidwilson.bsky.social pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Higher oil prices could be a windfall for states such as Alaska, New Mexico and North Dakota pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

The Boom in Autism Therapy Is Medicaid’s Fastest-Growing Jackpot Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on a growing need, extracting payments as high as $800 an hour.

Terrific investigation from @wsj.com www.wsj.com/health/healt...

Trump Administration Tells States It Aims to ‘Reimagine’ Jobless Benefits

NEW: Trump announces tonight a "war on fraud," to be led by the vice president.

A reminder: His actions on fraud to date largely have targeted and punished Democratic-led states: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...

They are looking at unemployment aid, I scooped today: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u...

States that boosted ACA premium assistance to help people stay covered say the subsidies are working pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Thread: The Trump Admin tried to inappropriately withhold federal funds to 5 states with Democratic governors (including Minnesota) under block grants like TANF. While that was temporarily stopped through litigation, the Trump Admin is now threatening to withhold #Medicaid funding from MN (1/x)

Meanwhile, @reidwilson.bsky.social looks into GOP lawmakers across the country calling for welfare fraud investigations pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

HHS announced last night that it was freezing funds to five blue states. The next step: litigation pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Braced for an equally eventful 2026!

And let's not forget the Obamacare cliff.. pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Then the One Big Beautiful Bill Act came along, with its cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and income taxes pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Tariffs, layoffs, and grant cancellations threatened state budget outlooks in the spring pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Then the federal layoffs began. State unemployment insurance officials told me they feared processing complex federal UI claims could overwhelm their staff pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

It started with a bang in February. Remember that OMB memo freezing all federal grants? pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Looking back on 2025 there are tons of stories I'm proud of writing for @pluribusnews.bsky.social and our parent company, State Affairs. But I'm most proud of my work exploring how federal change affects state budgets -- and how state leaders have responded.🧵....

Trump, atoms, AI and the Texas data center gusher Fermi America wants to build a massive private nuclear-powered energy grid for artificial intelligence. Can the brassy avatar of Trump’s risk-taking tech economy survive?

Want to understand Trump's tech and energy agenda? Look to this 6,000-acre stretch of dusty plains outside of Amarillo. My dive into Fermi America's ambitious, risky, audacious and Trump-coded data center play. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Corporate Tax Collections Drop as New Law Kicks In U.S. corporate tax collections for December declined sharply, following the enactment of Republicans’ “one big, beautiful bill,” according to data released Tuesday by the Treasury Department. Corporat...

We're seeing the OBBBA showing up in corporate tax receipts data.

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Colorado's Medicaid spending on pediatric behavioral therapy, mostly for autistic kids, grew by 306% from 2019 to 2024. pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

On Friday, USDA reiterated that states were required to implement many of the megabill's SNAP cuts—major changes impacting millions of people—on the day it became law, with a grace period that ended 11/1. States won't get more time before they start being penalized for errors.

“It’s going to create real challenges for them meeting those goals — especially goals that are really pressing, around payment error rates." My latest @pluribusnews.bsky.social pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

Since breaking the story, I’ve learned more about one state (Wisconsin) where the Trump admin on Friday had blocked some of the behind the scenes transactions that make SNAP work. And that’s raised some eyebrows heading into Monday about what might happen next, if the court doesn’t rule

Happy Holidays 🎄

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Some SNAP Recipients May Not Receive Food Stamps Under White House Policy

NEW: Millions of poor Americans could see $0 in SNAP benefits even after the Trump admin agreed to resume partial benefits in response to a court order. This is because of the way the government has interpreted the directive, which could also delay aid for weeks. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Read @reidwilson.bsky.social's election-night takeaways here: pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...

White House nears deal to lower obesity drug prices for Medicare coverage The GLP-1 drugs, produced by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly, have been credited with helping weight-loss, preventing diabetes and other positive effects.

This would be a big deal if it happens www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Special education enforcement would be up to states under Trump plan • Stateline In its quest to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, the Trump administration wants to let states police themselves when it comes to educating students with disabilities.

Special education enforcement would be up to states under Trump plan stateline.org/2025/11/04/s...

As of Friday, governors in 31 states had announced plans to help low-income SNAP recipients access food in November

We've been all over the looming SNAP funding cliff here @pluribusnews.bsky.social. It will take states days -- as many as ten days, I'm told -- to get benefits out to families after the federal government makes funds available. pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...