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Stateline offers daily insights and reports on developments in state policy. Established in 1998, Stateline is dedicated to being nonpartisan, unbiased, and trustworthy in its journalism. Its group of reporters provides original stories along with a summary of the most recent news from various sources nationwide. In 2023, Stateline moved from its previous location at The Pew Charitable Trusts to become a part of States Newsroom.

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States that enshrined Medicaid expansion in their constitutions could be in a bind

1 week ago | stateline.org | Shalina Chatlani

As Republicans in Congress consider cutting the federal share of Medicaid funding, states are weighing numerous options to scale back their programs. But voters in three states have significantly limited those options by enshrining Medicaid expansion in their constitutions — creating a potential budget disaster and a political challenge for the GOP.
Blue Cross Blue Shield now requires prior approval for severe asthma drugs in some states

1 week ago | stateline.org | Nada Hassanein

Patients in five states who have severe asthma and are covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield are facing a new obstacle to getting treatment. On Tuesday, BCBS began mandating that severe asthma patients self-administer their drugs at home, unless their provider gets prior approval from the insurance company. The patients affected are those covered in Illinois, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Montana, but not those with Medicare or Medicaid, the insurance giant says.
Trump has canceled environmental justice grants. Here’s what communities are losing.

1 week ago | stateline.org | Nada Hassanein

Jabaar Edmond has long advocated for better air quality in his Childs Park neighborhood in St. Petersburg, Florida. For decades, residents of the predominantly Black neighborhood complained of a persistent gasolinelike odor. “We had an initiative called ‘Smell something, say something,’” said Edmond, former president of the neighborhood’s association. Residents have long sounded that alarm, blaming the noxious odor on a nearby oil recycling facility.
For-profit immigration detention expands as Trump accelerates his deportation plans

1 week ago | stateline.org | Amanda Hernandez

The Trump administration is moving quickly to dramatically expand the nation’s capacity for detaining immigrants who do not have legal authorization to be in the United States. The administration has largely turned to the for-profit, private prison industry to reopen or repurpose shuttered and aging facilities — many of which have been previously criticized for poor conditions and inadequate care.
Lawmakers fear AI data centers will drive up residents’ power bills

2 weeks ago | stateline.org | Alex Brown

For the first time in decades, America needs to produce more electricity. In many places, a sharp uptick in power demand has been driven by data centers, the industrial buildings that house huge banks of computer servers and support our increasingly digital society. State lawmakers have long sought to attract such operations with generous tax breaks and incentives.
A fifth of Americans are on Medicaid. Some of them have no idea.

2 weeks ago | stateline.org | Anna Claire Vollers

Some Americans who rely on Medicaid to pay for their health care don’t realize their insurance is funded by that very program, which congressional Republicans are looking to shrink. One reason is that state programs aren’t always called “Medicaid.” Many states have rebranded their programs with consumer-friendly names such as SoonerCare in Oklahoma, Apple Health in Washington, Medi-Cal in California or TennCare in Tennessee.
Some measles response plans crash to a halt after Trump cuts

2 weeks ago | stateline.org | Tim Henderson

by Tim Henderson, Stateline April 8, 2025 Cities and states fighting a historic measles outbreak find themselves undermined by the Trump administration as they struggle to provide crucial vaccinations and overcome disinformation. As of this week, cases were nearing 650 in 22 states, on track to reach a 34-year high. A second unvaccinated child died of measles in West Texas last week. U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
The Colorado psychedelic mushroom experiment has arrived

2 weeks ago | stateline.org | Kate Ruder

This story first appeared on KFF Health News. BOULDER, Colo. — Colorado regulators are issuing licenses for providing psychedelic mushrooms and are planning to authorize the state’s first “healing centers,” where the mushrooms can be ingested under supervision, in late spring or early summer. The dawn of state-regulated psychedelic mushrooms has arrived in Colorado, nearly two years since Oregon began offering them.
Republicans in Congress are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. But what does Medicaid actually do?

2 weeks ago | stateline.org | Shalina Chatlani

Republicans in Congress are eyeing to Medicaid, the joint federal-state government health care program for lower-income people. Depending on how states respond, a Republican proposal that would slash the 90% federal contribution to states’ expanded Medicaid programs would end coverage for as many as 20 million of the 72 million people on Medicaid — or cost states $626 billion over the next decade to keep them on the rolls.
USDA cuts hit small farms as Trump showers billions on big farms

2 weeks ago | stateline.org | Kevin Hardy

Anna Pesek saw a federal program supporting local food purchases as much more than a boost to her Iowa pork and poultry farm. The U.S. Department of Agriculture grant program that allowed schools and food banks to buy fresh products from small farms helped her forge new business relationships. It allowed her to spend more with local feed mills and butchers, and was starting to build a stronger supply chain of local foods.