Uncertainty is growing among Louisiana’s many families who rely on Medicaid for health insurance. The federal government is considering how to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from the budget ...

Katrina Jackson-Andrews, D-Monroe, raised concerns about the potential effects of federal cuts on Louisiana. Jackson-Andrews asked LDH to keep the Senate informed on the impact to the state.

BATON ROUGE — With President Donald Trump slashing the federal education budget, Louisiana school superintendents are scrambling to determine if they will lose any of the $2.7 billion in federal ...

The cuts target mental health and substance use programs, including crisis services, according to Louisiana health officials. The apparent cuts range from more than $18 million slashed from one ...

Republican Gov Jeff Landry's budget proposal proposes increasing state spending on health care by $1.5 billion in the next fiscal year. (Canva image) Gov. Jeff Landry has made public moves to cut ...

Landry’s own budget proposal includes one major increase in spending that could overtake the cost cutting measures he has floated. Louisiana’s heath care budget is set to increase almost $1.5 billion ...

During her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon, Trump’s education secretary, said she did not know of plans to cut the core grants on which states like Louisiana depend. But Trump has said he ...

The executive order expresses that funds for schools and students that are dependent on funding will not be cut, such as K-12 ... What this mean for Louisiana The U.S. Department of Education ...

I call on the Musk-Trump Administration to reconsider these cuts,” Louisiana Congressman Troy Carter said. Five years after planting their first seed, Nina says she hopes a solution will sprout ...

Almost a third of people in Louisiana are on Medicaid. And hundreds of providers rely on federal reimbursements to operate. But funding for the program is under threat. The Trump administration ...