state funding

Inflation and federal funding cuts have squeezed Texas’ child care subsidy, causing the Texas Workforce Commission to scale back the program.

The federal law requires states to attain error rates below 6% or face paying a percentage of the state’s SNAP benefits, depending on the error rate level.

Clinics with better internet connections are now offering telehealth services to patients who can’t do it from their homes.

Hiring and spending will be impacted, college administrators say. The performance-based model is proving unpredictable in its early years.

Senate sends $26 billion spending bill to House on tight 21-19 vote

50 community parks will add new amenities and renovations from state grant program money.

The application period will close March 17. If demand exceeds the $1 billion available, the state will prioritize students based on family income and whether they have a disability.

Millions of dollars in federal funding for the suicide prevention hotline is set to expire next year.

Mayor Christal Watson said no decisions have been made on whether Wyandotte County will help pay for a new stadium for the Kansas City Chiefs. Some Kansas City, Kansas, residents worry local governments haven't been good stewards of their money.

The dementia fund's approval comes at a critical moment for Texas, which ranks second in the nation in Alzheimer's deaths and third in the disease's prevalence. The need for intervention is especially high in the Rio Grande Valley — a four-county region along the Texas-Mexico border that's become the epicenter of a nationwide Alzheimer's spike.