Iowa lawmakers will need to use some of the state’s savings to cover part of the state budget in the next fiscal year. Iowa lawmakers will need to use some of the state’s savings to cover part of the ...

Gov. Ned Lamont and Democratic legislative leaders have nearly wrapped plans to use part of last fiscal year’s historic state budget surplus to blunt federal cutbacks to vital human service programs.

Florida Democrats are urging Governor Ron DeSantis to use state funds to cover food benefits set to expire due to a federal government shutdown. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, ...