Stateline: Relief from energy bills unlikely as utilities request billions in rate hikes
Utilities in Southern states requested the largest increase in rates, totaling $4.5 billion across more than 26 million customers
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Stateline: Food stamp changes will cost states billions, raising fears about SNAP’s future
Upcoming funding shifts in the federal food stamp program are poised to cost states billions of dollars, heightening fears that more Americans will lose access to the nation’s largest food assistance program
If it is broke, try to fix it
Would a two-year budget process and another 18-member commission help the federal government stop spending so much money it doesn’t have?
Stateline: Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers
Since last year, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas and Utah have enacted similar laws that give greater power to politically appointed boards and administrators while weakening tenure protections and faculty sway over curriculum and university leadership
States Newsroom: Get ready for the semiquincentennial as U.S. celebrates 250th anniversary
Parties, protests, displays of historic documents, odes to the Founding Fathers — and a massive political rally by the president — will mark a deeply polarized nation’s 250th anniversary on this Fourth of July
Is Congress more divided than America is?
Is Congress more polarized than the American people, or does it merely reflect a polarized country?
Will Arkansans see $430 Social Security cut?
If Congress doesn’t act, the average Arkansas retiree could see a Social Security monthly benefit cut of $430 in 2032, based on findings from the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget