Daily Dime

The federal tax and budget megabill cuts Medicaid by nearly a trillion dollars over the next decade.

A state program that provides access to affordable child care will run out of money over the next five years, according to a new report from Leaders for a Better Louisiana.

One in 5 Louisiana children lived below the federal poverty line in 2024, the highest rate, per capita, in the nation.

Tax credits that made health coverage through the federal Marketplace affordable are set to expire at the end of this year, and remain the key impasse in negotiations to reopen the federal government.

H. R. 1, the federal budget and tax megabill, which passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump in July, will have devastating impacts on many Louisiana families who rely on essential government programs for their health care, food and other services.

Millions of Americans in states that have their own health care marketplaces are beginning to see the massive increase to insurance premiums that await next year.

The Trump administration is warning that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will run out of funding in two weeks unless Congress reaches a deal to reopen the federal government.

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments last week for a Louisiana-based case that could determine the future of the federal Voting Rights Act and whether race can be a factor in drawing political districts.

Gov. Jeff Landry has called the Louisiana Legislature into a special session that will begin on Oct. 23 and must wrap up by Nov. 13.