A more timely indicator of overdoses — nonfatal suspected overdose patients in hospital emergency departments — was down 7% this year through August compared with 2024, according to a recent Stateline ...

Strains on the system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors, nurses and support staff.

With the EPA facing massive cuts under Trump, Duggan said that states will also have fewer if any federal regulators on the ...

The Trump administration has significantly cut funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA). Disability Rights Wisconsin, a watchdog group that investigates abuse and ...

The Trump administration has proposed significantly shifting management of the nation’s public lands toward producing more revenue. President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have ...

DOGE said agencies reported $222 million in savings by canceling 43 contracts in the past five days, including a $29M Commerce consulting deal.

Federal cuts to research have had real-world effects. But for one Yale researcher, the work has continued with alternative ...

According to DES, staffing for benefits eligibility determination dropped from 1,370 people in July 2024 to 880 people in ...

A report by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute found federal budget cuts could reduce economic activity in Illinois by ...

While headlines focus on Harvard and Columbia, state universities train far more STEM students, power the nation’s research ...