As states move closer to their 2026 legislative sessions, lawmakers nationwide are grappling with how to respond to fallout ...

Amid the urgent debate over whether Congress will act to prevent cost increases for millions of people in 2026 marketplace ...

In recent months, Kentucky and South Dakota have cut cash benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on the federal budget, health, and income security.On the federal budget, CBPP President Sharon ...

Annual premium increase, 60-year-old couple with income of $85,000 (401% FPL), by congressional district, 119th Congress Note: FPL = federal poverty level. Examples are based on 2026 ...

Concerns are reportedly growing over the state of the U.S. economy, so it’s worth checking in on its health. The answer is ...

The national recession has had such a devastating effect on state finances that states took in $87 billion less in tax revenue from October 2008 through September 2009 than they collected in the ...

On this upcoming Veteran’s Day, we should honor our veterans by ensuring that they can afford housing, health care, food, and ...

The Trump Administration is only planning to release two-thirds of the SNAP funding it committed to spend to partially cover November benefits, cutting families’ benefits far more than necessary and ...

State legislators need accurate and useful information about the cost of spending- and tax-related proposals to make good decisions about the proposals. Nearly all states produce some sort of cost ...

Congress created the TANF block grant through the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996, as part of a federal effort to “end welfare as we know it.” TANF ...

Since the start of President Trump’s second term in January, the Trump Administration has consistently sought to evade accountability. Last month, the President removed a Senate-confirmed Inspector ...