Budget and Funding

How drones are helping one community recover from Hurricane Helene

In South Carolina, drones are playing a key role in disaster assessment for the city of Aiken to more efficiently and accurately apply for federal recovery funds.

  • By Kaitlyn Levinson

A ballot measure on Medicaid funding is poised to pass. Some say it could do more harm than good.

Proposition 35 would change how California funds its public health insurance program to address health care shortages in the state.

  • By Kaitlyn Levinson

States, tribes get $1.5 billion to fight the opioid epidemic

The federal funds will support substance use prevention and treatment efforts, workforce capacity building and access to medications to reduce addiction.

  • By Kaitlyn Levinson

$62M available for state, local health agencies to offer free vaccines

A federal program that offered uninsured Americans COVID-19 vaccines for free just ended. But officials say more money is coming to help state and local governments fill the gap.

  • By Kaitlyn Levinson

How two states have spent their share of the $1B in cybersecurity grants

With little precedent for such a big federal investment in cybersecurity, states have largely had to write their own playbooks on how to distribute the funds to local governments.

  • By Chris Teale

At two-year mark, federal funding for 988 is running dry. Enter phone fees.

Only 10 states have identified permanent funding for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in their communities. Experts say a surcharge can help policymakers keep pace with the growing mental health crisis.

  • By Kaitlyn Levinson
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Splash pads make waves across communities, replacing public pools

Observers say public pools are necessary community infrastructure and save lives. Splash pads have become a more affordable option.

  • By Jayme Lozano Carver and Jess Huff, The Texas Tribune

For Boston riders, transit woes continue to pile up

Service and safety have suffered for years on the MBTA, and a change in leadership hasn’t been enough to reverse that yet.

  • By Daniel C. Vock
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