After pandemic-era federal protections for Medicaid ended, Kansas started reviewing who was eligible for state health coverage. About 47% of the residents who lost insurance during that time were ages 18 or younger.
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Arkansas legislative leaders said Tuesday there is general agreement about the Republican-dominated Legislature cutting the state s top individual income tax rate from 4.4% to 3.9% and the state s top corporate income tax rate from 4.8% to 4.3%, retroactive to Jan. 1, 2024, in a special session next week called by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Some of Florida's restrictions on medical care for transgender children and adults are unconstitutional, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday in a lawsuit brought by transgender Floridians and their families against the state.