NEW: Trump announces tonight a "war on fraud," to be led by the vice president.
A reminder: His actions on fraud to date largely have targeted and punished Democratic-led states: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/u...
They are looking at unemployment aid, I scooped today: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/24/u...
States that boosted ACA premium assistance to help people stay covered say the subsidies are working pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
Thread: The Trump Admin tried to inappropriately withhold federal funds to 5 states with Democratic governors (including Minnesota) under block grants like TANF. While that was temporarily stopped through litigation, the Trump Admin is now threatening to withhold #Medicaid funding from MN (1/x)
Meanwhile, @reidwilson.bsky.social looks into GOP lawmakers across the country calling for welfare fraud investigations pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
HHS announced last night that it was freezing funds to five blue states. The next step: litigation pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
Braced for an equally eventful 2026!
Then the One Big Beautiful Bill Act came along, with its cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and income taxes pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
Tariffs, layoffs, and grant cancellations threatened state budget outlooks in the spring pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
Then the federal layoffs began. State unemployment insurance officials told me they feared processing complex federal UI claims could overwhelm their staff pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
It started with a bang in February. Remember that OMB memo freezing all federal grants? pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
Looking back on 2025 there are tons of stories I'm proud of writing for @pluribusnews.bsky.social and our parent company, State Affairs. But I'm most proud of my work exploring how federal change affects state budgets -- and how state leaders have responded.🧵....
Want to understand Trump's tech and energy agenda? Look to this 6,000-acre stretch of dusty plains outside of Amarillo. My dive into Fermi America's ambitious, risky, audacious and Trump-coded data center play. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
We're seeing the OBBBA showing up in corporate tax receipts data.
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Colorado's Medicaid spending on pediatric behavioral therapy, mostly for autistic kids, grew by 306% from 2019 to 2024. pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
On Friday, USDA reiterated that states were required to implement many of the megabill's SNAP cuts—major changes impacting millions of people—on the day it became law, with a grace period that ended 11/1. States won't get more time before they start being penalized for errors.
“It’s going to create real challenges for them meeting those goals — especially goals that are really pressing, around payment error rates." My latest @pluribusnews.bsky.social pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
Since breaking the story, I’ve learned more about one state (Wisconsin) where the Trump admin on Friday had blocked some of the behind the scenes transactions that make SNAP work. And that’s raised some eyebrows heading into Monday about what might happen next, if the court doesn’t rule
Happy Holidays 🎄
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NEW: Millions of poor Americans could see $0 in SNAP benefits even after the Trump admin agreed to resume partial benefits in response to a court order. This is because of the way the government has interpreted the directive, which could also delay aid for weeks. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Read @reidwilson.bsky.social's election-night takeaways here: pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
This would be a big deal if it happens www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Special education enforcement would be up to states under Trump plan stateline.org/2025/11/04/s...
As of Friday, governors in 31 states had announced plans to help low-income SNAP recipients access food in November
We've been all over the looming SNAP funding cliff here @pluribusnews.bsky.social. It will take states days -- as many as ten days, I'm told -- to get benefits out to families after the federal government makes funds available. pluribusnews.com/news-and-eve...
Cash-strapped Head Start centers across the country are being forced to close their doors, with more expected to shutter as the shutdown continues.
The first-in-the-nation AI safety law that Gov. Newsom signed into law last week is a part of a smaller — but important — subset of the 1,000+ AI-related bills we've been tracking this year. mailchi.mp/multistate/m...
Folks, come work with me and the amazing @pluribusnews.bsky.social team! We have openings in AZ, PA, NC, CA, KS, IN and WI -- my DMs are open, let me know if you or a fantastic colleague want to join a growing team.
The Department of Labor has released its plan in the event of a government shutdown.
Key takeaway for econ data: There will NOT be a jobs report on Friday (or any subsequent data releases) if funding isn't restored in time. #NumbersDay #EconSky
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