Budget Policy & Priorities
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
OH food banks face fed funding uncertainty, DeWine budget cuts
Recent federal executive orders have left many organizations in Ohio navigating uncertainty, particularly when it comes to funding for essential …
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Meat processing tax exemption bill could help WV farmers
Some West Virginia lawmakers want to remove consumer sales taxes on the processing of beef, pork and lamb at slaughterhouses. House Bill 2146 would …
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Closure of EPA branch predicted to affect MS environment
The Trump administration has begun to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency's office dealing with reducing environmental harms to minority and…
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
New bill would bring cardiac emergency plans to OR schools
New legislation backed by the American Heart Association would require all Oregon schools to have cardiac emergency response plans in place. …
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
NYers brace for effects of higher bank fees, dismantling CFPB
Some New York members of Congress are trying to repeal bank overdraft fee regulations. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau created a rule …
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
CT paraeducators organize to get a living wage
Connecticut union organizers are working to get pension plans for paraeducators. In recent years, they have won a flurry of benefits from organizing …
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Affordable health insurance could ease WA caregiver shortage
Worker's rights advocates and nursing home providers say Washington has a long-term care workforce crisis, and that inadequate benefits in the …
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Statewide coalition launches to fight proposed health care cuts
Town hall meetings start tonight across California, pushing back against congressional Republicans' proposal to cut hundreds of billions of dollars …
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Protesters: Trump administration actions 'cast aside democracy'
In many U.S. cities, President's Day was used to sound the alarm over actions by the Trump administration. Minnesota protesters braved subzero …
Monday, February 17, 2025
WY bills seek to limit federal ownership of state's public lands
Wyoming is one of several Western states where some lawmakers arguing states should have more control of the federally managed public lands within the…
Monday, February 17, 2025
Abandoned Mine Land program frozen as Appalachia faces severe flooding
The Trump administration has frozen funds used for abandoned mine land cleanup. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress invested around $…
Monday, February 17, 2025
Bill to improve maternal care for AR families
A new bill before Arkansas lawmakers is designed to improve maternal care for low-income families. If passed the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies Act …