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Some states are rethinking their coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss as budgets tighten and Medicaid programs brace for the cuts included in the OBBBA: stateline.org/2025/11/28/s...
States retreat from covering drugs for weight loss • Stateline
Some states are rethinking their coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss as budgets tighten and Medicaid programs brace for the cuts included in President Donald Trump’s broad tax and spending law.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Some states are rethinking their coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss as budgets tighten and Medicaid programs brace for the cuts included in the OBBBA: stateline.org/2025/11/28/s...
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration: stateline.org/2025/11/25/h...
Homeland Security wants state driver’s license data for sweeping citizenship program • Stateline
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illega...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Trump administration wants access to state driver’s license data on millions of U.S. residents as it builds a powerful citizenship verification program amid its clampdown on voter fraud and illegal immigration: stateline.org/2025/11/25/h...
State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for an intensive therapy for children with autism — and looming federal Medicaid cuts are likely to make the problem worse: stateline.org/2025/11/25/f...
Families worry as cost of autism therapy comes under state scrutiny • Stateline
State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for an intensive therapy for children with autism — and looming federal Medicaid cuts are likely to make the problem worse.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for an intensive therapy for children with autism — and looming federal Medicaid cuts are likely to make the problem worse: stateline.org/2025/11/25/f...
Lawmakers reference police 'clearance rates 'in hearings, mayors cite them during police budget debates, and community members use them to judge how well their local department is functioning. But the figures can be misleading: stateline.org/2025/11/24/w...
Why ‘clearance rates’ don’t tell the whole story about solving crimes • Stateline
Police departments’ “clearance rates” — the percentage of cases they declare closed — are one of the most widely cited benchmarks for how effectively they combat crime. But the figures can be confusin...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Lawmakers reference police 'clearance rates 'in hearings, mayors cite them during police budget debates, and community members use them to judge how well their local department is functioning. But the figures can be misleading: stateline.org/2025/11/24/w...
In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, Trump is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. At the same time, ICE appears to be refraining from conducting agricultural workplace raids: stateline.org/2025/11/21/t...
Trump allows more foreign ag workers, eases off ICE raids on farms • Stateline
In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, the Trump administration is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. At the same time, U.S. Imm...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
In a tacit admission that U.S. food production requires foreign labor, Trump is making it easier for farmers to employ guest workers from other countries. At the same time, ICE appears to be refraining from conducting agricultural workplace raids: stateline.org/2025/11/21/t...
Several businesses and nonprofits have launched AI-powered tools to help patients get their insurance claims paid and navigate byzantine medical bills, creating a robotic tug-of-war over who gets care and who foots the bill for it: stateline.org/2025/11/20/p...
AI vs. AI: Patients deploy bots to battle health insurers that deny care • Stateline
As states strive to curb health insurers’ use of artificial intelligence, patients and doctors are arming themselves with AI tools to fight claims denials, prior authorizations and soaring medical bil...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Several businesses and nonprofits have launched AI-powered tools to help patients get their insurance claims paid and navigate byzantine medical bills, creating a robotic tug-of-war over who gets care and who foots the bill for it: stateline.org/2025/11/20/p...
A growing number of Democratic states are pushing back against ICE arrests in and around state courthouses. State lawmakers worry the raids will keep people from testifying in criminal trials, fighting evictions or seeking restraining orders: stateline.org/2025/11/19/i...
ICE courthouse arrests meet resistance from Democratic states • Stateline
A growing number of Democratic states, and some judges, are pushing back against Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests in and around state courthouses.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A growing number of Democratic states are pushing back against ICE arrests in and around state courthouses. State lawmakers worry the raids will keep people from testifying in criminal trials, fighting evictions or seeking restraining orders: stateline.org/2025/11/19/i...
The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation’s recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some public health officials and providers say: stateline.org/2025/11/18/p...
Progress on overdose deaths could be jeopardized by federal cuts, critics say • Stateline
The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation’s recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some pub...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation’s recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some public health officials and providers say: stateline.org/2025/11/18/p...
Data center growth is pitting states that want more of them against cities that don't: stateline.org/2025/11/17/d...
Data center growth drives locals to fight for more say • Stateline
Even as some state lawmakers are rushing to pass legislation that would accelerate the development of data center infrastructure, communities across the country are taking steps to ensure they have a ...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Data center growth is pitting states that want more of them against cities that don't: stateline.org/2025/11/17/d...
Though Congress ended the record-setting federal government shutdown, many questions remain for states that were already wading through seismic federal changes. One major uncertainty: whether and how states will be reimbursed for the costs they incurred: stateline.org/2025/11/14/s...
Shutdown ends, but more federal chaos looms for states • Stateline
Though Congress ended the record-setting federal government shutdown, many questions remain for states that were already wading through seismic federal changes.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Though Congress ended the record-setting federal government shutdown, many questions remain for states that were already wading through seismic federal changes. One major uncertainty: whether and how states will be reimbursed for the costs they incurred: stateline.org/2025/11/14/s...
Trump said during his campaign that he would wield college accreditation as a “secret weapon” to root out DEI and other “woke” ideas from higher education. He has made good on that pledge: stateline.org/2025/11/13/a...
Accreditation of colleges, once low key, has gotten political • Stateline
When six Southern public university systems this summer formed a new accreditation agency, the move shook the national evaluation model that higher education has relied on for decades.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Trump said during his campaign that he would wield college accreditation as a “secret weapon” to root out DEI and other “woke” ideas from higher education. He has made good on that pledge: stateline.org/2025/11/13/a...
A provision significantly limiting the sale of intoxicating hemp products made its way into legislation to reopen the federal government. Its inclusion follows years of pressure from states and the marijuana industry: stateline.org/2025/11/12/c...
Congress pushes hemp crackdown after pressure from states, marijuana industry • Stateline
A provision significantly limiting the sale of intoxicating hemp products made its way into legislation to reopen the federal government. Its inclusion follows years of pressure from states and the ma...
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November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A provision significantly limiting the sale of intoxicating hemp products made its way into legislation to reopen the federal government. Its inclusion follows years of pressure from states and the marijuana industry: stateline.org/2025/11/12/c...
In their competition for rural health care dollars from a new federal fund, states are seeking money to bolster emergency services, address chronic diseases, and recruit and train more doctors and nurses: stateline.org/2025/11/11/s...
States hope to use rural health money to keep doctors, combat chronic disease • Stateline
In their competition for rural health care dollars from a new federal fund, states are seeking money to bolster emergency services, address chronic diseases, and recruit and train more doctors and nur...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In their competition for rural health care dollars from a new federal fund, states are seeking money to bolster emergency services, address chronic diseases, and recruit and train more doctors and nurses: stateline.org/2025/11/11/s...
A year out from the 2026 midterm elections, legal fights and procedural maneuvering over ballot measures and referendums are well underway: stateline.org/2025/11/10/t...
The midterm ballot measure battles have already begun • Stateline
A year out from the 2026 midterm elections, legal fights and procedural maneuvering over ballot measures and referendums are already well underway in states across the country.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A year out from the 2026 midterm elections, legal fights and procedural maneuvering over ballot measures and referendums are well underway: stateline.org/2025/11/10/t...
Trump argues international students take university spots or jobs from American students. Its more restrictive approach
to foreign students could have major implications across U.S. higher education, including taxpayer-funded public colleges and universities: stateline.org/2025/11/05/s...
to foreign students could have major implications across U.S. higher education, including taxpayer-funded public colleges and universities: stateline.org/2025/11/05/s...
Some public universities report fewer international students amid Trump restrictions • Stateline
Coming to the United States to study has become more difficult. President Donald Trump is taking a harder line on international students, arguing that they are taking university spots or jobs from Ame...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Trump argues international students take university spots or jobs from American students. Its more restrictive approach
to foreign students could have major implications across U.S. higher education, including taxpayer-funded public colleges and universities: stateline.org/2025/11/05/s...
to foreign students could have major implications across U.S. higher education, including taxpayer-funded public colleges and universities: stateline.org/2025/11/05/s...
The Trump administration wants to let states police themselves when it comes to educating students with disabilities, a move many teachers and parents fear will end up denying vulnerable children the services they’re guaranteed under law: stateline.org/2025/11/04/s...
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.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The Trump administration wants to let states police themselves when it comes to educating students with disabilities, a move many teachers and parents fear will end up denying vulnerable children the services they’re guaranteed under law: stateline.org/2025/11/04/s...
Illicit drug overdoses and the deaths they cause are trending down this year, despite spikes in a handful of states, according to a Stateline analysis of data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: stateline.org/2025/11/03/t...
The ‘hard, slow work’ of reducing overdose deaths is having an effect • Stateline
Illicit drug overdoses and the deaths they cause are trending down this year, despite spikes in a handful of states, according to a Stateline analysis of data from the federal Centers for Disease Cont...
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November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Illicit drug overdoses and the deaths they cause are trending down this year, despite spikes in a handful of states, according to a Stateline analysis of data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: stateline.org/2025/11/03/t...
High grocery prices have pushed more Americans to rely on food banks. But organizations providing food relief have lost more than $1 billion in federal aid and are bracing for the impact of this weekend's shutdown-caused halt in SNAP funding: stateline.org/2025/10/31/f...
Food banks were ‘operating on fumes’ even before SNAP chaos • Stateline
Even before the federal government shutdown posed an unparalleled challenge for food banks, nonprofits across the country were struggling with high costs and increased demand.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:08 PM
High grocery prices have pushed more Americans to rely on food banks. But organizations providing food relief have lost more than $1 billion in federal aid and are bracing for the impact of this weekend's shutdown-caused halt in SNAP funding: stateline.org/2025/10/31/f...
In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit: stateline.org/2025/10/30/d...
Dozens of states tackle high prescription drug costs • Stateline
In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit: stateline.org/2025/10/30/d...
Food banks, food pantries and local governments are scrambling to prepare for an onslaught of demand as some 42 million Americans are expected to lose access to SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, in a matter of days. stateline.org/2025/10/29/l...
Local leaders rush to help, but can't fill massive SNAP void • Stateline
The federal government shutdown threatens the food assistance of millions, leaving food pantries and local governments scrambling to prepare for an onslaught of demand.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Food banks, food pantries and local governments are scrambling to prepare for an onslaught of demand as some 42 million Americans are expected to lose access to SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, in a matter of days. stateline.org/2025/10/29/l...
In the wake of the LA wildfires, the state-managed “last resort” insurance pool wants a 36% rate hike. Insurance experts say it’s a national warning sign, as the effects of climate change cause private insurance companies to pull back on coverage: stateline.org/2025/10/24/c...
California’s ‘last resort’ property insurer seeks rate hike, ringing national alarm bells • Stateline
Californians who buy property insurance from the state-managed, “last resort” FAIR Plan could be facing rate hikes of 36% on average in the wake of the wildfires that devastated Los Angeles earlier th...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In the wake of the LA wildfires, the state-managed “last resort” insurance pool wants a 36% rate hike. Insurance experts say it’s a national warning sign, as the effects of climate change cause private insurance companies to pull back on coverage: stateline.org/2025/10/24/c...
Most state Medicaid programs pay dentists far less than private insurers do for the same services. As a result, not enough dentists are willing to take Medicaid patients, leaving low-income families in many states with limited options: stateline.org/2025/10/23/i...
In a small Alabama town, a dentist weighs whether to stop treating kids on Medicaid • Stateline
Even though more than half of Alabama children are enrolled in Medicaid, in some parts of the state, few pediatric dentists still accept Medicaid patients. Alabama is a vivid example of a national pro...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Most state Medicaid programs pay dentists far less than private insurers do for the same services. As a result, not enough dentists are willing to take Medicaid patients, leaving low-income families in many states with limited options: stateline.org/2025/10/23/i...
By sending National Guard troops from one state to another -- without the receiving governor's consent -- Trump has raised questions of state sovereignty and how far the president can go in using the militia of one state to exercise power in another: stateline.org/2025/10/22/t...
Trump’s National Guard deployments raise worries about state sovereignty • Stateline
As President Donald Trump prepares to send out-of-state National Guard members to Chicago and in Portland, Oregon, other cities are bracing for the arrival of troops in anticipation that the deploymen...
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October 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
By sending National Guard troops from one state to another -- without the receiving governor's consent -- Trump has raised questions of state sovereignty and how far the president can go in using the militia of one state to exercise power in another: stateline.org/2025/10/22/t...
States are rushing to inform some residents who rely on food stamps that they will soon be forced to meet work requirements. Meanwhile, the shutdown could result in millions not getting their SNAP benefits next month: stateline.org/2025/10/21/v...
Veterans, rural residents, older adults may lose food stamps due to Trump work requirements • Stateline
States are rushing to inform some residents who rely on food stamps that they will soon be forced to meet work requirements or lose their food assistance. Recent federal legislation ended exemptions t...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:55 PM
States are rushing to inform some residents who rely on food stamps that they will soon be forced to meet work requirements. Meanwhile, the shutdown could result in millions not getting their SNAP benefits next month: stateline.org/2025/10/21/v...
As the federal shutdown continues, states have been forced to fall back on their own resources to spot disease outbreaks — just as respiratory illness season begins. stateline.org/2025/10/20/s...
Shutdown leaves gaps in states’ health data, possibly endangering lives • Stateline
As the federal shutdown continues, states have been forced to fall back on their own resources to spot disease outbreaks — just as respiratory illness season begins.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
As the federal shutdown continues, states have been forced to fall back on their own resources to spot disease outbreaks — just as respiratory illness season begins. stateline.org/2025/10/20/s...