Congressional Republicans failed to extend premium tax credit (PTC) enhancements at the end of 2025, and now the harm of ...

The brazenness and impact of the Trump Administration’s unprecedented interference with federal funding have grown in recent ...

Deliberate policy choices by President Trump and Republican leaders in Congress have increased costs people pay to meet their ...

A House subcommittee is expected to release next week its 2027 housing funding bill, giving Congress an opportunity to ...

Over 2 million uninsured adults with incomes below the poverty line, most who live in the South and are people of color, don’t have a pathway to health coverage, because their states have refused to ...

This week at CBPP, we focused on state budgets and taxes and on the economy.

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey recently cited an $11 million cost when vetoing a program that would have helped youth transitioning out of foster care to live independently, find work, and enroll ...

All eyes are on Nebraska this week as it becomes the first state to implement a policy taking Medicaid coverage away from people not meeting work requirements. It’s doing this well ahead of the ...

Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fell by more than 3 million people (8 percent) nationwide between July 2025 and January 2026. The drop followed the enactment of H ...

Everyone wants to live in safe, thriving communities where people have the resources and opportunities they need to succeed. But Louisiana’s recent turn toward punitive and expensive criminal justice ...