WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43847) on April 2, 2025, entitled "Medicaid's Federal Medical Assistance Percentage" by health care financing specialist Alison Mitchel. Here are excerpts: * * * Summary Medicaid is a means-tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services as well as long-term services and supports. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and the states. The feder  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 5 -- The Arizona Board of Regents issued the following news release on April 4, 2025: * * * Student Regents champion FAFSA and access to higher education on Capitol Hill ABOR's student regents attended the inaugural NCAN Leadership Summit and met with Arizona's federal representatives' staff in Washington, D.C. Student regents David Zaragoza and Jadyn Fisher traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the inaugural National College Attainment Network (NCAN) Leadership Sum  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: * * * During Budget Resolution Debate, Kelly Defends Working Families, Proposes Amendment Opposing Tax Cuts for Billionaires "Do we want to be a country that hands billionaires another break--while a kid goes without lunch at school?" Last night, as the Senate debated a new budget resolution paving the way for the Trump agenda of massive tax cuts for the wealthiest paid for by the American people, Arizona   more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. David Schweikert, R-Arizona, has issued the following news release: * * * Schweikert Leads Legislation Targeting Fentanyl and Foreign Evasion WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congressman David Schweikert (R-AZ), alongside China Select Committee Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI), Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL), and Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) introduced the Manifest Modernization Act-- legislation that will help law enforcement track fentanyl precursors entering the  more