The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

The South Dakota House of Representatives will soon vote on a bill meant to bar the purchase of sweetened beverages with food ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) - The state of Missouri submitted a waiver request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Services to change the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — The federal government wants more clarification from West Virginia on a waiver to remove soda and add some hot food items to the list of eligible food and drinks under the ...

Naperville School District 203 seeking a State Board of Education waiver to increase driver’s education fees to cover program costs.

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Governor Sanders announced today that she is submitting a waiver to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban soft drinks and candy from Arkansas' Supplemental Nutrition ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved the Healthy Kids Iowa demonstration project in lieu of the federal government’s summer nutrition program for children, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced ...

On July 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of State announced that, with few exceptions, all nonimmigrant visa applicants, including applicants under the age of 14 and over the age of 79, will require an ...

Sacramento State's attempted fast-tracked climb to the FBS has been slowed. The NCAA Division I Council voted Tuesday to deny the school's waiver request to move up from the FCS level without a formal ...

Can family caregivers get paid through Medicaid? When a relative can no longer shower safely or forgets to take their medications, you may step in to provide care. As a family caregiver, you may ...

At a Capitol news conference in March 2023, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said, “If you abuse or neglect those in your care, we are coming for you” — and she meant it. What followed was a comprehensive ...