Ellensburg
Costco is partnering with a nonprofit to launch its own brand of Medicare.
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North Carolina
(The Center Square) – A Southern state that banned medical gender transition for children is meanwhile financially boosting a network of doctors and therapists who promote some of those same controversial treatments.
New Hampshire
Last month, New Hampshire Executive Councilors John Stephen and Joe Kenney published a column in NH Journal explaining their decision to vote down a childcare quality contract in favor of funding the childcare workforce grant. Since then, as new information has clarified the state’s inability to fund the workforce grant, they both said they stand […]
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Republican U.S. Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, left, and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska talk during a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in February 2025. The two were the only Republicans on the committee to vote for a bill to block Education Department interagency agreements July 30. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Ohio
‘It puts special education back 50 years.’ Ohio advocates concerned over recent federal changes.
Ohio special education advocates fear recent changes to the U.S. Department of Education will cause confusion, delays, and a loss of service to students. The Trump administration announced in June it will move the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office for Civil […]
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The federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law in 2025, dramatically reshaped aspects of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps low-income families pay for groceries. One of those changes was the introduction of the Healthy Choice Waiver, which allows states to restrict the use of SNAP benefits for certain products, like candy […]
Montana
BOZEMAN, Mont. — Bridgercare is trying to replace lost funding after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ended support for its teen pregnancy prevention program before a five-year grant was set to finish.Â
Montana
HELENA, Mont. — New Medicaid rules took effect for many Montana residents as the state began requiring community engagement for most Medicaid expansion members ages 19 to 64.
Minnesota
(The Center Square) – Nearly two-thirds of Minnesota's high-risk Medicaid providers have had taxpayer funding cut following a federally-mandated review process that state officials say was necessary to protect up to $2 billion in federal funding.
