Rural areas struggling with low-income and high unemployment are expected to be among the hardest hit if Republicans' ...

Plans for a range of welfare programs including food stamps, Medicaid and rental assistance reflect a shifting view of who ...

State lawmakers are poised to accept hundreds of millions of dollars from the federal government to feed an estimated 3.8 ...

Republicans have been searching for billions in Medicaid savings through means such as imposing stronger eligibility checks, ...

Texas Democrats have criticized Republican proposals to overhaul Medicaid, saying they would cause millions of Americans to lose benefits but GOP ...

Work requirements for Medicaid recipients, food assistance cuts and other measures in the budget passed by the U.S.

The two safety-net programs are at risk of losing nearly $1 trillion in funding under a sweeping bill House Republicans ...

A boost in public school spending, school vouchers, and money for water systems are other highlights of the state budget, ...

On Thursday, the U.S. House narrowly passed a sweeping bill that slashes about $3.8 trillion in taxes by scaling back social ...

Texas is poised to lead the country in an initiative to inform denizens of what’s in their food. Food industry experts say it ...

Texas’ Medicaid waiver waitlist could make it difficult for adults with disabilities to receive continuous support after they ...

For each percentage point reduction allowed, the Texas Medicaid program would lose $1.6 billion. One proposal that has been floated that may seem innocuous to the general public: reduce the cap on ...