6+ hour, 39+ min ago   (458+ words) (The Center Square) –The cost of living in California is driving up the cost of raising children in the Golden State, new from SmartAsset shows. Costs are up by 10.75% in the San Francisco area over last year compared to 10.43% for…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (404+ words) (The Center Square) — An overwhelming majority of New Yorkers support federal efforts to crack down on fraud in the state's public benefit programs, according to a new poll. The survey conducted by the State Financial Officers Foundation, released on Monday,…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1058+ words) (The Center Square) - The federal government is demanding an $8 million repayment from Colorado for inaccurate Medicaid payments. The demand follows a recent federal audit that found Colorado failed to follow state and federal requirements and procedures for certain payments for…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (352+ words) (The Center Square) – A new program funded by private philanthropy is aimed at asset building for people receiving Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Build Your Nest is a three-year pilot that allows residents at three affordable housing properties in Chicago to…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (571+ words) (The Center Square) – The total cost of employer-sponsored family health insurance now exceeds the median monthly mortgage payment for recent homebuyers, but employers cover most of that insurance bill. The average employer-sponsored family plan cost $26,993 in 2025, according to KFF’s latest…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (438+ words) Health care costs have spun out of control. Nearly one out of five dollars spent in the U.S. goes toward health care. Average spending is more than $15,000 per person per year. That’s about six times more than we spend on groceries…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (565+ words) (The Center Square) – Twenty federal programs that route nearly $1.1 trillion through state governments – including Medicaid, SNAP and disaster relief – are vulnerable to fraud because of how the money is distributed, the Government Accountability Office reports. The money rarely goes straight…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1026+ words) (The Center Square) - Following the Trump Administration’s pause on Medicaid funds in the state of California because of fraud, experts are saying that Medicaid in the state has become “fiscally unsustainable.” “What was once a targeted safety-net program increasingly functions…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (689+ words) Wolff: Fiscal Discipline Drives Idaho's Success (The Center Square) - Idaho recently closed the books on fiscal year 2026, ending in the black while rolling over approximately $250 million in cash balances to its general fund for next year, while its neighbor faces…...

2+ week, 13+ hour ago   (525+ words) (The Center Square) - The Trump administration is pausing more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday. The administration froze more than $867 million in Medicaid funds from California and…...