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President Donald Trump's new budget package cuts funding for programs like Medicaid and SNAP through work requirements.
What are the implications of the SNAP-Ed program's elimination? For starters, 1 million Missouri residents were helped by the ...
Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid and food assistance could blow a $2 billion hole in Missouri’s budget and cost the state more than 20,000 jobs and hundreds of millions in tax revenue ...
A year ago, U.S. District Judge Doug Harpool ruled that Missouri was violating federal law by failing to properly operate the ...
Already facing a difficult financial future, the state would have to choose whether to continue services or reduce spending for Medicaid, food aid and other programs.
The cuts could lead to nearly 30,000 jobs lost across Missouri and Kansas health care systems and food suppliers, a new study found. The post Billions at stake in Missouri and Kansas if proposed ...
President Donald Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" shifts more Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program costs to states.
Cuts to food aid could cost Missouri $400 million ... It would also cut more than $600 billion from Medicaid. ... SNAP costs would be shifted to the states starting in 2028.
The One Big Beautiful Bill has a SNAP benefit cost-share. Can Kansas fix its payment error rate and prevent a federal funding ...
Missouri voters expanded Medicaid in 2020 but this new bill slashes it. Single moms in Richland and veterans in Iberia will ...
Courtney Leader has been closely following the contentious tax and spending debate in Washington – not that she cares much ...