At a time when New Yorkers are facing an affordability crisis and an onslaught of threats and cuts to critical federal programs that support New Yorkers in need, the New York State budget delivers on many important investments. Governor Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Heastie, and our dedicated champions in the Legislature [...] The post Food Bank For NYC, City Harvest, and United Way Applaud 2025 New York Budget Wins, Urge Stronger Action on Hunger Relief app...| Food Bank For NYC
This article originally appeared on NYTimes.com NEW YORK, June 23, 2025 — Proposed federal cuts to SNAP totaling nearly $295 billion over the next decade could devastate hunger relief efforts across New York City, shifting a quarter of program costs to states and placing a $1.8 billion burden on New York alone. Food Bank [...] The post ‘An Existential Threat’: Food Bank For NYC Responds to Proposed SNAP Cuts appeared first on Food Bank For NYC.| Food Bank For NYC
Harrisburg, Pa., August 22, 2025 — Today, the Commonwealth Foundation launched a new ad, calling for Gov. Josh Shapiro to end the budget impasse with a compromise that protects families from tax hikes and offers educational choice. The ad is running statewide on digital beginning this weekend, and will air on TV from Sunday, August […] The post New TV/Digital Ad: Shapiro’s Budget Impasse is Failing Kids & Families appeared first on Commonwealth Foundation.| Commonwealth Foundation
Harrisburg, Pa., August 12, 2025 — Today, the Pennsylvania Senate is advancing a spending bill that provides the clearest path forward in months| Commonwealth Foundation
A Q&A about federal funding cuts| Fiscal Policy Institute
House makes it harder for public schools to raise funds locally Today, the Ohio House of Representatives continued their crusade against public education by overriding Gov. DeWine’s line-item veto of a property-tax measure included in the state operating budget that was passed last month. Of three vetoes targeted for override, House leadership was only able […] The post Another loss for Ohio schools appeared first on Policy Matters Ohio.| Policy Matters Ohio
Ohio legislators sent a budget to Gov. DeWine that gives a billion-dollar annual tax break to Ohioans earning six figures. This tax cut is possible, in part, because the legislature is underfunding schools by $2.86 billion, as compared to the amount the Fair School Funding plan says schools need to provide an adequate education, regardless […]| Policy Matters Ohio
Harrisburg, Pa., August 1, 2025 — Pennsylvania is entering the second month operating without a state budget, with no end in sight. Amid the protracted| Commonwealth Foundation
A Q&A about federal funding cuts The post Making Sense of Federal Funding Cuts in New York appeared first on Fiscal Policy Institute.| Fiscal Policy Institute
New York can protect its Medicaid system from Trump’s cuts – but it needs to act now. The post The State is Understating Threats to NYS Medicaid After OBBBA appeared first on Fiscal Policy Institute.| Fiscal Policy Institute
The new federal budget will cost New York State $10 billion annually. The State will have to step in. The post Filling the Gaps: State Tax Policy after the OBBBA appeared first on Fiscal Policy Institute.| Fiscal Policy Institute
FPI Director Nathan Gusdorf presented a briefing on July 17 about how state tax policy can respond to the federal funding cuts in the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act". The post FPI Briefing on State Tax Policy after the OBBBA appeared first on Fiscal Policy Institute.| Fiscal Policy Institute
The Kansas budget is out of control. Despite recent increases in revenue, taxpayers are still on the hook for poor government spending habits.| Kansas Policy Institute
Harrisburg, Pa., July 14, 2025 — Today, Pennsylvania House Democrats passed the General Appropriations Act (HB 1330), their version of a budget bill,| Commonwealth Foundation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Beylah R. Marks (877) 355-8922 x16 bmarks@unitedwaysca.org United Ways of California Statement on California’s Final 2025-26 Budget Package United Ways of California, a nonpartisan nonprofit focused […] The post United Ways of California Statement on California’s Final 2025-26 Budget Package appeared first on United Ways of California.| United Ways of California
Fiscal Policy Institute Director Nathan Gusdorf today released a statement on the federal budget legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives this afternoon by a vote of 218-214, with all of New York's Republican representatives voting in favor of the bill. The post The Federal Budget is an Assault on New York appeared first on Fiscal Policy Institute.| Fiscal Policy Institute
Image Description: NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani smiles at a podium reading “Zohran for New York City”. His hand is on his heart, and behind him are graphic blue, red, and yellow stripes. There is a crowd gathered and a colorful banner behind him.| Transit for All PA!
Megan Martin, Commonwealth Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel, joins PCN’s Capitol Preview to talk all things state budget. From public transit to Lifeline Scholarships, Martin outlines what good looks like in this year’s budget, and which proposals will damage Pennsylvania’s economic future. Watch below: The post WATCH: Megan Martin on PCN Discussing State Budget, Mass Transit Bail-out, and More appeared first on Commonwealth Foundation.| Commonwealth Foundation
69% of voters believe Gov. Josh Shapiro needs to take a more active role in budget negotiations. Harrisburg, Pa., June 25, 2025 — As the June 30th| Commonwealth Foundation
For Immediate Release: July 1, 2025Contact: Amy Blouin, U.S. Senate Passes Budget Reconciliation Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill puts health coverage and food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Missourians on the chopping block In a final vote this morning, the U.S. Senate chose to take health coverage and food assistance away from Americans, shift costs to states, and make life harder for families struggling to make ends meet. If passed by the House, it would enact a massiv...| Missouri Budget Project
In a Nutshell As Michigan slips into summer, public schools across the Mitten State are putting a bow on their 2024-25 school years. For many, this is a time to celebrate the educational and developmental accomplishments of their students and to wish them well in their future academic and life pursuits. This summer also marks […]| Citizens Research Council of Michigan
Statement from Pete Manzo, President & CEO, United Ways of California H.R. 1, the federal budget reconciliation bill passed by the House and moving to the Senate, would have devastating […] The post California’s Underserved Communities Face Enormous Threats from House-Proposed Federal Budget appeared first on United Ways of California.| United Ways of California
3.5 million New Yorkers – 18 percent of the state population – depend on SNAP benefits, which average $209 per month for a participant (about $2,500 per year). The OBBBA would threaten SNAP benefits for over 1 million New Yorkers, including 363,000 children.| Fiscal Policy Institute
Subsequent to the publication of our original analysis on March 19, the Center for Educational Performance and Information provided detailed data related to economically disadvantaged student identification methods for the fall 2023 and fall 2024 student counts. Our analysis now better reflects the reasons behind the student count changes reported in fall 2023 and fall […]| Citizens Research Council of Michigan
Pfeiffer also pointed out this is something that every state has to deal with and should be “very cautious in the assumptions they make about new revenues and cautious with the assumptions they make on what they do with federally funded programs.”| Center for Urban Policy Research – CUPR
Originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer. In a recent Inquirer article, Donna Cooper, executive director of Children First, stated that “the| Commonwealth Foundation
In a Nutshell: During the 2023-24 legislative session, Michigan’s local government representatives have been advocating to secure annual state discretionary funding for payments to counties, cities, townships, and villages in a new Revenue Sharing Trust Fund. Cities, villages, and townships are guaranteed a portion of the state’s annual sales tax revenue. And while not consistently, […]| Citizens Research Council of Michigan
The First Quarterly Update to the State’s financial plan indicates the State remains on strong fiscal footing, with modestly higher revenue than projected in the Enacted Budget financial plan and lower spending than expected. Measured as a share of total state personal income, State spending is set to fall, and is on par with its fiscal year 2016 level.| Fiscal Policy Institute
Governor Hochul’s directive to the MTA to 'indefinitely pause' planned congestion pricing for New York City, and her proposed alternative revenue sources, are ill-advised tax and economic policy.| Fiscal Policy Institute
Governor Hochul’s directive to the MTA to 'indefinitely pause' planned congestion pricing for New York City, and her proposed alternative revenue sources, are ill-advised tax and economic policy.| Fiscal Policy Institute
The fiscal year 2025 enacted budget totals $237 billion, an inflation-adjusted decline of 0.4 percent from fiscal year’s 2024 total budget. In non-inflation-adjusted terms (nominal dollars) this represents an increase from fiscal year 2024’s total budget of $231.6 billion.| Fiscal Policy Institute
Under the fiscal year 2025 executive budget, inflation-adjusted state funding would fall for a third consecutive year. While State spending rose in response to Covid, it will return to its pre-Covid trend by fiscal year 2025.| Fiscal Policy Institute
The housing deal currently under consideration in budget negotiations (as publicly reported) would create new tax incentives for affordable housing developers, weaken certain tenant protections passed in 2019, and impose a watered-down version of “Good Cause Eviction” with significant exemptions and loopholes.| Fiscal Policy Institute
