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^{1. Your Home: Home Sweet Home}

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2. Your Healthcare: Doctor’s Orders

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Goldman, M. (2025, April 29). Exclusive: Where nursing homes rely most on Medicaid. Axios. Exclusive: Where nursing homes rely most on Medicaid

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3. Your Transportation: Roads, Rails and Rescue Teams

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Shapero, J. (2025, March 7). Musk’s SpaceX confirms Starlink lease agreement with FAA. The Hill. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5182848-musks-spacex-confirms-starlink-lease-agreement-with-faa/

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Shepardson, D., & Hunnicutt, T. (2025, April 30). Trump says IBM, Raytheon may get US contract to modernize air traffic control system. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/trump-says-ibm-raytheon-might-get-contract-modernize-air-traffic-controller-2025-04-30/

4. Your Education: School Days and Student Loans

Supreme Court of the United States. (2025, July 14). McMahon v. New York, No. 24A1203 (Order granting stay; dissenting opinion of Justice Sotomayor). https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1203_new_6j37.pdf

Food Research & Action Center. (2025, July 1). Senate passes disastrous budget bill, FRAC urges House to stop dangerous SNAP cuts. FRAC. https://frac.org/news/senatevotejuly25#:~:text=Cuts%20to%20SNAP%20will%20also,students%20through%20the%20Community%20Eligibility

Aikens, N., Atkins‑Burnett, S., Tarullo, L., Malone, L., Kelly, A., & Cannon, J. (2020). Preschool boys of color: Portraits of the population served by Head Start. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 70, 101167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101167

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Hanson, M. (2024, November 25). Economic effects of student loan debt. EducationData.org. https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-economic-impact

Waldman, A., & Lerner, S. (2025, March 24). NIH ends future funding to study the health effects of climate change. ProPublica. https://www.propublica.org/article/nih-funding-climate-change-public-health

Knott, K. (2025, May 2). What Trump’s proposed budget cuts mean for education, research. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/student-aid-policy/2025/05/02/trump-proposes-deep-cuts-education-and-research

Cohn, J. (2025, May 8). How much federal funding do colleges and universities receive? Urban Wire. Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/how-much-federal-funding-do-colleges-and-universities-receive

Zampini, M. (2025, May 6). House Republicans propose slashing Pell Grants. The Institute for College Access & Success. https://ticas.org/affordability-2/pell-grants-reconciliation-2025/

Desjean, J. (2025, May 5). Reconciliation deep dive: House Committee proposes major changes to Pell Grant, campus-based aid, need-analysis, and student eligibility. NASFAA. https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/36197/Reconciliation_Deep_Dive_House_Committee_Proposes_Major_Changes_to_Pell_Grant_Campus-Based_Aid_Need-Analysis_and_Student_Eligibility

Hanson, M. (2024, November 3). Pell grant statistics. EducationData.org. https://educationdata.org/pell-grant-statistics

Walter, M. (2025, May 6). Reconciliation deep dive: House Committee proposes major overhaul of federal student loans, repayment, and PSLF. NASFAA. https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/36202/Reconciliation_Deep_Dive_House_Committee_Proposes_Major_Overhaul_of_Federal_Student_Loans_Repayment_and_PSLF#:~:text=The%20bill%20proposes%20a%20major,can%20borrow%20for%20undergraduate%20study

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Cohn, J. (2025, May 8). How much federal funding do colleges and universities receive? Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/urban-wire/how-much-federal-funding-do-colleges-and-universities-receive

Hanson, M. (2025, August 8). Student loan debt statistics. Education Data Initiative. https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics

Urban Institute. (n.d.). Borrowing: By student characteristics. College Affordability and Completion. https://collegeaffordability.urban.org/covering-expenses/borrowing/#/by_student_characteristics

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DeSilver, D. (2025, March 18). What the data says about the U.S. Department of Education. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/03/18/what-the-data-says-about-the-us-department-of-education/#which-states-and-cities-rely-most-on-federal-funding-for-local-public-k-12-schools

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Howe, A. (2025, July 14). Supreme Court clears the way for Trump administration to massively reduce the size of the Department of Education. SCOTUSblog. https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/07/supreme-court-clears-the-way-for-trump-administration-to-massively-reduce-the-size-of-the-department-of-education/

Booth, L. (2025, February 14). Can the president dismantle the Department of Education by executive order? Just Security. https://www.justsecurity.org/107918/dismantle-department-education-executive-order/

Hanacek, A. (2025, March 11). USDA, DOGE slash about $1 billion in school nutrition funding programs. Food Processing. https://www.foodprocessing.com/business-of-food-beverage/legal-issues/news/55273944/usda-doge-slash-about-1-billion-in-school-nutrition-funding-programs

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Gecker, J. (2025, April 17). White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts. Associated Press. https://apnews.com/article/head-start-trump-funding-budget-cuts-education-204077e046329eb22c71445d57ba002b

Mumphrey, C. (2025, April 16). Head Start funding lags by nearly $1 billion this year, causing some preschool closures. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/head-start-funding-preschool-child-care-closures-1f92fa98f320c7c14db63e69b986d11d

Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2025, February 27). Head Start program facts: Fiscal year 2022. HeadStart.gov. https://headstart.gov/program-data/article/head-start-program-facts-fiscal-year-2022

5. Your Meals: The Food on Your Fork

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Waldman, A., & Roberts, B. (2025, November 6). Foreign food safety inspections hit historic low after Trump cuts. ProPublica. https://www.propublica.org/article/foreign-food-safety-inspections-historic-low-fda#:~:text=HTML%20Foreign%20Food%20Safety,hauled%20dough%20in%20soiled%20buckets.

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Mahoney, C.J. (2025, March 5). Back to the brink: North American trade in the 2nd Trump administration. Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/back-to-the-brink-north-american-trade-in-the-2nd-trump-administration/

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Wadykah, S. (2025, January 21). Is it okay to eat some processed foods? Consumer Reports. https://www.consumerreports.org/health/packaged-processed-foods/is-it-okay-to-eat-some-processed-foods-a8560741913/

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Zahniser, S. (2025, January, 16). Fruit and vegetable imports [Chart of note]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/charts-of-note/chart-detail?chartId=110713

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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. SNAP retailer management dashboard. Retrieved September 26, 2025, from https://www.fns.usda.gov/data-research/data-visualization/snap-retailer-management-dashboard

Tax Policy Center. (2025, May 20). How would potential federal budget cuts impact state budgets? https://taxpolicycenter.org/features/how-would-potential-federal-budget-cuts-impact-state-budgets.

Bergh, K., Rosenbaum, D., Tharp, W. (2025, May 28). House reconciliation bill proposes deepest SNAP cut in history, would take food from millions of poor people. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/house-reconciliation-bill-proposes-deepest-snap-cut-in-history-would-take

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Gutelius, B., Pinto, S. (2024, May 20). Handling hardship: Understanding the challenges of financial stress. University of Illinois Chicago, Center for Urban Economic Development. https://indigo.uic.edu/articles/report/Handling_Hardship_Data_on_Economic_Insecurity_Among_Amazon_Warehouse_Workers/25823068?file=46334659

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Jeffrey, J., & Yelenik, M. (2025, July 18). MAP: See How Cuts to SNAP Food Assistance Affect Your State. U.S. News & World Report. https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-05-22/map-see-how-cuts-to-snap-food-assistance-would-affect-your-state

Cespedes, A., & Dorn, S. (2025, February 24). The House Budget Resolution’s cuts to SNAP would be the largest in U.S. history. UnidosUS. https://unidosus.org/blog/2025/02/24/house-budget-resolutions-cuts-to-snap-largest-in-us-history/

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Food Safety and Inspection Service. (2022, October 4). States with and without inspection programs. U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/inspection/state-inspection-programs/states-and-without-inspection-programs

McCarthy, R. (2025, March 7). Trump administration eliminating two food safety committees. Meat + Poultry. https://www.meatpoultry.com/articles/31581-trump-administration-eliminating-two-food-safety-committees

Katz, E. (2025, April 2). Some USDA RIF plans take shape as department warns employees of major cuts. Government Executive. https://www.govexec.com/management/2025/04/some-usda-rif-plans-take-shape-department-warns-employees-major-cuts/404247/

Khimm, S. (2025, May 9). FDA stalls in posting food safety warning letters amid staff cuts. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-stalls-posting-food-safety-warning-letters-staff-cuts-rcna204879

Noguchi, Y. (2025, May 29). How safe is the food supply after federal cutbacks? Experts are worried. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/29/nx-s1-5413449/food-safety-inspection-fda-usda

FoodDocs. (2021, October 29). What is HACCP certification? Your golden ticket to staying in business. FoodDocs. https://www.fooddocs.com/post/what-is-haccp-certification

Beach, C. (2025, April 14). Salmonella testing program for some chicken products on hold for 6 months. Food Safety News. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/04/salmonella-testing-program-for-some-chicken-products-on-hold-for-6-months/

Food Safety and Inspection Service. (n.d.). Our history. U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/about-fsis/history

Thatte, D. (2019, October 17). The Food Safety Modernization Act in a nutshell. Manufacturing Innovation Blog. National Institute of Standards and Technology. https://www.nist.gov/blogs/manufacturing-innovation/food-safety-modernization-act-nutshell

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2019, February 13). Investigation summary: Factors potentially contributing to the contamination of romaine lettuce implicated in the Fall 2018 multi‑state outbreak of E. coli O157:H7. https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigation-summary-factors-potentially-contributing-contamination-romaine-lettuce-implicated-fall

Editorial Team. (2025, May 5). More than 15,000 USDA employees take Trump Administration’s resignation offer. Food Safety Magazine. https://www.food-safety.com/articles/10361-more-than-15-000-usda-employees-take-trump-administrations-resignation-offer

Califf, R. M. (2023, March 30). The U.S. has one of the safest food supplies in the world. FDA Voices. U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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The Economist Group. (2022). Global Food Security Index 2022: Global report. Economist Impact. https://impact.economist.com/sustainability/project/food-security-index/reports/Economist_Impact_GFSI_2022_Global_Report_Sep_2022.pdf

Karsit, I. (2023, December 27). Healthy foods are often more expensive. Here’s why. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/27/healthy-foods-are-often-more-expensive-heres-why.html

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service. (2024, September 26). Understanding FSIS food recalls. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/food-safety/safe-food-handling-and-preparation/food-safety-basics/understanding-fsis-food-recalls

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2024, May 2). CDC and food safety. https://www.cdc.gov/food-safety/about/what-cdc-is-doing.html

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2025, September 9). Fees under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). https://www.fda.gov/food/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma/fees-under-fsma

U.S. Government Accountability Office. (2025, February 3) Food safety: Status of Foodborne Illness in the US. GAO-25-107606. https://www.gao.gov/assets/880/875771.pdf

Karsit, I. (2023, December 27). Healthy foods are often more expensive. Here’s why. CNBC. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/27/healthy-foods-are-often-more-expensive-heres-why.html

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. (2024, February 5). Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.fda.gov/food/guidance-regulation-food-and-dietary-supplements/food-safety-modernization-act-fsma

6. Your Security: Safe and Sound (or Not?)

Insinna, V. (2025, September 17). House narrowly passes reconciliation bill with $150B for (FEMA, n.d.)defense. Breaking Defense. House narrowly passes reconciliation bill with $150B for defense.

Kaste, M. (2025, May 24). Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling. NPR. Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling.

FEMA.gov. (2025, April 4). FEMA Ends Wasteful, Politicized Grant Program, Returning Agency to Core Mission of Helping Americans Recovering from Natural Disasters. FEMA Ends Wasteful, Politicized Grant Program, Returning Agency to Core Mission of Helping Americans Recovering from Natural Disasters

Federal Environmental Justice Tracker, Harvard Law School. (2025, August 6). President Trump, FEMA terminated programs to address vulnerable communities’ disaster risk. President Trump, FEMA terminated programs to address vulnerable communities’ disaster risk.

Solomon, A. (2025, May 29). DOJ funding Update: A deeper look at the cuts – Council on Criminal Justice. Council on Criminal Justice. DOJ funding Update: A deeper look at the cuts.

Amaning, A., & Preston, A. (2025, May 5). The Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to DOJ grants undermine public safety. Center for American Progress. The Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to DOJ grants undermine public safety.

Hughes, W. (2022, December 28). Guard saved lives, property responding to 2022 disasters. National Guard. Guard saved lives, property responding to 2022 disasters.

Curran-Groome, W., Rumbach, A., & McTarnaghan, S. (2025, April 18). FEMA is eliminating hazard mitigation programs, leaving Americans nationwide at risk as disasters worsen. Urban Institute. FEMA is eliminating hazard mitigation programs, leaving Americans nationwide at risk as disasters worsen.

Ross, H. (2025, May 5). Senators warn FEMA cuts will harm disaster mitigation, raise insurance costs. S&P Global Market Intelligence. Senators warn FEMA cuts will harm disaster mitigation, raise insurance costs.

Statista. (2025, January 27). U.S. military force numbers 2023, by service branch and reserve component. U.S. military force numbers 2023, by service branch and reserve component.

Nunn, J. (2025, June 10). The Posse Comitatus Act explained. Brennan Center for Justice.The Posse Comitatus Act explained.

Navarro, M. (2024, February 15). The Insurrection Act is a presidential power that threatens democracy. Brennan Center for Justice. The Insurrection Act is a presidential power that threatens democracy.

Copp, T., & Santana, R. (2025, May 16). DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops for immigration roundups | AP News. AP News. DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops for immigration roundups | AP News.

Freedman, A. (2025, July 13). Texas NWS office had no warning coordination meteorologist during the flood. Did it make a difference? CNN. Texas NWS office had no warning coordination meteorologist during the flood. Did it make a difference?

Hernandez, J. (2025, July 6). How good was the Texas weather forecast before the flood? NPR. How good was the Texas weather forecast before the flood?

Joselow, M. (2025, July 11). FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show. The New York Times. FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show

Lee, T. F. M. (2025, July 15). Texas failed to spend federal aid for disaster protection. E&E News by POLITICO. Texas failed to spend federal aid for disaster protection.

Langford, T., & Keemahill, D. (2025, July 10). Why Kerr County balked on a new flood warning system. The Texas Tribune. Why Kerr County balked on a new flood warning system.

Wolman, J., Fertig, N., & Wolman, J. (2025, April 23). Forest Service cuts leave states scrambling to prepare for summer wildfire season. Politico. Forest Service cuts leave states scrambling to prepare for summer wildfire season.

Total Wildland Fires and Acres (1983-2024). (n.d.). National Interagency Fire Center. Total Wildland Fires and Acres.

FEMA. (n.d.). Wildfire | National Risk Index. Mapping Information Platform. Wildfire | National Risk Index.

Roebuck, S. (2025, May 22). FEMA to resume in-person training at National Fire Academy. FireRescue1. FEMA to resume in-person training at National Fire Academy.

NIOSH Layoffs Hit Fire Service Programs Hard. (2025, April 3). Firefighter Nation. NIOSH Layoffs Hit Fire Service Programs Hard.

Stearnbourne, C. (2025, May 20). What’s lost with NIOSH cuts: Q&A with David Christiani. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. What’s lost with NIOSH cuts: Q&A with David Christiani.

Safety + Health. (2025, June 2). The Chemical Safety Board faces elimination in White House FY 2026 budget proposal. Safety+Health. The Chemical Safety Board faces elimination in White House FY 2026 budget proposal.

Safety + Health. (2025, September 10). More details emerge on House appropriations bill for OSHA, MSHA, and NIOSH. Safety+Health. More details emerge on House appropriations bill for OSHA, MSHA, and NIOSH.

Frazin, R. (2025, March 28) DHS considers axing disaster and counterterrorism grants that help sanctuary cities. The Hill. DHS considers axing disaster and counterterrorism grants that help sanctuary cities.

State of California Department of Justice. (2025, May 13). Attorney General Bonta Sues U.S. Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security Over Illegal Immigration Enforcement Conditions on Grant Funding. California Department of Justice. Attorney General Bonta Sues U.S. Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security Over Illegal Immigration Enforcement Conditions on Grant Funding.

Rosen, C. (2025, May 16). Chicago sues Department of Homeland Security over counterterrorism program cuts. Courthouse News Service. Chicago sues Department of Homeland Security over counterterrorism program cuts.

Martin, H., Tomasko, L., Boris, E. T., Lecy, J., Faulk, L., & Kim, M. (2024, October 16). Nonprofit trends and impacts 2021–2023: National findings on government grants and contracts from 2019 to 2023. Urban Institute. Nonprofit trends and impacts 2021–2023: National findings on government grants and contracts from 2019 to 2023

Clerkin, C., Koob, A., & Wolcheck, D. (2025, February 6). How reliant are nonprofits on government grants? Candid. How reliant are nonprofits on government grants?

Tomasko, L. (2025, February 21). Government Funding Cuts Put Nonprofits at Risk across the Nation. Urban Institute. Government Funding Cuts Put Nonprofits at Risk across the Nation.

Urban Institute (2025, September 5). What is the Financial Risk of Non-Profits Losing Government Grants? Data Visualization. Urban Institute. What is the Financial Risk of Non-Profits Losing Government Grants?

The White House. (2025, August 7). Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking. The White House. Improving Oversight of Federal Grantmaking.

US Department of Health and Human Services (2025) Fiscal Year 2026 Budget in Brief. HHS.gov. Fiscal Year 2026 Budget in Brief.

Walker, J. (2025, October 3). FBI axes partnership with civil rights watchdog SPLC. Axios. https://www.axios.com/2025/10/03/fbi-ends-partnership-splc-civil-rights

7. Your Work: Paychecks and Paperwork

Gradler, G. (2026, March 27). CFPB workforce restructuring plan [Recommendation memorandum, Attachment A]. U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, USCA Case #25-5091, Document #2166449. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cadc.41898/gov.uscourts.cadc.41898.01208836172.2…

Solomon, A., & Pearl, B. (2025, May). DOJ funding update: A deeper look at the cuts. Council on Criminal Justice. https://counciloncj.org/doj-funding-update-a-deeper-look-at-the-cuts/#:~:text=Roughly%20half%20of%20those%20investments,predictor%20of%20future%20violent%20injuries.

Goldberg, B., Sasfai, B., & Hooper, R. (2025, March 3). The changing tides of the SEC under the second Trump administration. Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance. https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/03/03/the-changing-tides-of-the-sec-under-the-second-trump-administration/

Bonavitacola, J. (2025, May 13). Trump administration walks back mental health parity in insurance coverage. The American Journal of Managed Care. https://www.ajmc.com/view/trump-administration-walks-back-mental-health-parity-in-insurance-coverage

Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, Letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi Regarding Executive Order No. 14215 and NLRB Precedent (Apr. 3, 2025), https://myprivateballot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CDW-letter-to-AG-Bondi_EO-14215_Apr-2025.pdf.

McFerran, L., & Rhinehart, L. (2025, April 14). A coalition of hundreds of employers is asking the Trump administration to override the NLRB and dictate labor law. Working Economics Blog. Economic Policy Institute. https://www.epi.org/blog/a-coalition-of-hundreds-of-employers-is-asking-the-trump-administration-to-override-the-nlrb-and-dictate-labor-law/

Plunkett, J. J., Kelly, T. S., & Zagger, Z. V. (2025, July 18). Senate HELP Committee questions Trump nominees for EEOC commissioner, NLRB general counsel roles. The National Law Review. https://natlawreview.com/article/senate-help-committee-questions-trump-nominees-eeoc-commissioner-nlrb-general

Purifoy, P. (2025, March 31). NLRB top cop pick primed to dismantle Biden-era legal precedents. Bloomberg Law. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/nlrb-top-cop-pick-primed-to-dismantle-biden-era-legal-precedents

Markey, E. J., Cantwell, M., Shaheen, J., Booker, C. A., Coons, C. A., Hirono, M. K., Rosen, J., Hickenlooper, J., & Schiff, A. B. (2025, May 16). Letter to Administrator Kelly Loeffler regarding SBA entrepreneurial development programs [Letter]. U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. https://www.sbc.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/6/e/6e9679f2-a122-40c0-8e29-db71f04b69c8/83B6288B60A2529B17E362419E7ABCDDD318B67E2E480460E45A660F97766ECA.ed-letter-to-sba-may-16-.pdf

U.S. Department of Labor. (2025). FY 2026 Department of Labor budget in brief. https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/general/budget/2026/FY2026BIB.pdf

Johnson, D. (2025, May 30). White House opens OSHA budget battle. Industrial Safety & Hygiene News. https://www.ishn.com/articles/114767-white-house-opens-osha-budget-battle

Mulholland, P. (2025, April 24). EBSA loses over 20% of staff from resignations. Plan Sponsor Council of America. https://www.psca.org/news/psca-news/2025/4/ebsa-loses-over-20-of-staff-from-resignations/

Iafolla, R., & Purifoy, P. (2025, May 30). NLRB plans to cut staffers, save money without mass layoffs. Bloomberg Law. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/nlrb-plans-to-cut-staffers-save-money-without-mass-layoffs

Finstad, B., Sponsor, (2025). Save SBA from Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025, H.R.2931, 119th Congress. https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2931

Vought, R. T. (2025, May 2). Fiscal year 2026 discretionary budget request [Letter to Chair Collins]. Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf

Heckman, J. (2025, March 21). SBA to cut 43% of workforce, return to pre-pandemic staffing levels. Federal News Network. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/sba-to-cut-43-of-workforce-return-to-pre-pandemic-staffing-levels/

U.S. Department of Labor. (n.d.). FY 2026 budget. https://www.dol.gov/general/budget

Feldscher, K. (2025, April 24). NIOSH cuts threaten worker health and safety, say experts. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/niosh-cuts-threaten-worker-health-and-safety-say-experts/

Occupational Safety and Health Administration. (n.d.). Current enforcement summary. U.S. Department of Labor. https://www.osha.gov/enforcement/current-enforcement-summary#:~:text=Table_title:%20OSHA%20INSPECTION%20ACTIVITY%20Table_content:%20header:%20%7C,%7C%20FY%202023:%20%7C%20FY%202024:%20%7C

U.S. Department of the Treasury. (2023, August 28). FACT SHEET: Treasury Department Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Report on Benefits of Unions to the U.S. Economy [Press release]. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1706#:~:text=Unions%20raise%20the%20wages%20of%20their%20members,to%20middle%2Dclass%20financial%20stability%20and%20worker%20well%2Dbeing

Tierney, A. (2025, June 4). Number of union members in the United States from 2000 to 2024 (in millions). Statista. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195339/number-of-union-members-in-the-us-since-2000/#:~:text=In%202024%2C%20there%20were%20around%2014.26%20million,States%20from%202000%20to%202024%20(in%20millions)

The White House. (2025, March 20). Additional rescissions of harmful executive orders and actions. Federal Register. https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/03/20/2025-04866/additional-rescissions-of-harmful-executive-orders-and-actions

Paycom. (2025, July 3). Your 2025 guide to every state’s minimum wage. https://www.paycom.com/resources/blog/minimum-wage-rate-by-state/

Miller, T. M., & Yuengert, A. R. (2021, January 7). Who’s the boss? U.S. DOL issues final rule on independent contractor status. Employment Law Insights. https://www.employmentlawinsights.com/2021/01/whos-the-boss-u-s-dol-issues-final-rule-on-independent-contractor-status/

Nurden, H. (2024, November 1). An ongoing mental health epidemic: The need for stronger mental health parity laws in the U.S. Labor and Employment Law Section, American Bar Association. https://www.americanbar.org/groups/labor_law/resources/committee-articles/2024/ongoing-mental-health-epidemic-need-stronger-parity-laws/#:~:text=IV.-,The%20Mental%20Health%20Parity%20and%20Addiction%20Equity%20Act%20of%202008,mental%20illness%20and/or%20addiction

Needels, K., Hawthorne, A., Shea, M., Westall, J., Saunders, C., & Clarkwest, A. (2024). Unemployment Insurance (UI) administrative funding and costs: A literature review. Chief Evaluation Office, U.S. Department of Labor. https://www.dol.gov/resource-library/unemployment-insurance-ui-administrative-funding-and-costs-literature-review

Job Corps. (2024, August 14). Connecting Potential With Opportunity: 60 Years of Job Corps. U.S. Department of Labor. https://www.jobcorps.gov/60thanniversary#:~:text=Serving%2050%2C000%20students%20annually%20at,health%20and%20substance%20use%20prevention

Bussewitz, C. (2025, June 5). Judge and lawmakers question the Trump administration’s plan to gut Job Corps centers. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/job-corps-centers-lawsuit-labor-department-a9acc1464ad180a066317fd086865464

U.S. Chamber of Commerce. (2024, May 20). Small business data center. https://www.uschamber.com/small-business/small-business-data-center

Pew Research Center. (2024, April 22). A look at small businesses in the U.S. Retrieved from https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/04/22/a-look-at-small-businesses-in-the-us/

Wells Fargo & Company. (2024, January 9). New report finds growth of women business owners outpaces the market. https://newsroom.wf.com/news-releases/news-details/2024/New-Report-Finds-Growth-of-Women-Business-Owners-Outpaces-the-Market/

Federal Reserve Bank of New York. (2017, November 30). Inaugural report on women-owned small businesses depicts reasons for gender gap. Federal Reserve Bank of New York. https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/regional_outreach/2017/an171130#:~:text=Among%20recent%20credit%20applicants%2C%20women,50%25

Tayne Law Group, P.C. (2025). Small business loan statistics: Is sexism prevalent? Tayne Law Group. https://attorney-newyork.com/business-loan-statistics/

U.S. Small Business Administration. (2025). FY 2026 Congressional budget justification: Fiscal year 2026 annual performance plan. https://www.sba.gov/sites/default/files/2025-06/FY%202026%20CBJ%20FINAL%202025.05.29.pdf

8. Your Hobbies: Playgrounds, Parks and Public Pools

American Library Association. (2026, April 3). White House FY27 budget proposal repeats threats to eliminate IMLS. American Library Association. https://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/white-house-fy27-budget-proposal-repeats-threats-eliminate-imls

Trump, D. J. (2025, March 14). Continuing the reduction of the federal bureaucracy. The White House. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/continuing-the-reduction-of-the-federal-bureaucracy/

American Library Association. (2026, April 7). Trump administration withdraws appeal, securing historic victory for libraries and IMLS. American Library Association. https://www.ala.org/news/2026/04/trump-administration-withdraws-appeal-securing-historic-victory-libraries-and-imls

Comay, L. B., & Vincent, C. H. (2026, April 14). The Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA): Frequently Asked Questions (CRS Product No. IF12888). Congressional Research Service. https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12888

U.S. Department of the Interior. (2025, May). The Interior: Fiscal year 2026 budget in brief. https://www.doi.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-06/fy26bibentire-book508060125_0.pdf

National Parks Conservation Association. (2025, May 5). President Trump’s proposed budget could decimate at least 350 national park sites. NPCA. https://www.npca.org/articles/8495-president-trump-s-proposed-budget-could-decimate-at-least-350-national-park#:~:text=the%20final%20blow.-,If%20enacted%20by%20Congress%2C%20our%20national%20park%20system%20would%20be,and%20reject%20this%20reckless%20proposal.%E2%80%9D&text=About%20the%20National%20Parks%20Conservation,visit%20www.npca.org

Heckman, J. (2025, March 31). Agency funding libraries and museums puts all employees on leave ahead of major cuts. Federal News Network. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/agency-funding-libraries-and-museums-puts-all-employees-on-leave-ahead-of-major-cuts/#:~:text=The%20Institute%20of%20Museum%20and,%22to%20the%20maximum%20extent.%22&text=A%20small%20federal%20agency%20that,Executive%20Briefing%2C%20sponsored%20by%20Maximus

The White House. (2025, May 2). Fiscal Year 2026 discretionary budget request. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf

Brown, J., & Epstein, S. (2025, June 4). Local arts groups face budget gaps as NEA pulls grants. PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/local-arts-groups-face-budget-gaps-as-nea-pulls-grants

Carrigan, M., & Boucher, B. (2025, May 8). All the arts organizations impacted by NEA funding cuts. Artnet News. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/nea-funding-cuts-2640963

Blair, E. (2025, April 10). Where did U.S. humanities grants go? To projects from a baseball film to AI research. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/04/10/nx-s1-5352821/national-endowment-humanities-grants-funding-terminated

Frazin, R. (2025, June 9). Trump’s cuts to National Park Service rankle Republicans. The Hill. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5337528-trump-proposed-cuts-national-park-service/

American Library Association. (2025, May 21). ALA welcomes IMLS staff return and select grant reinstatements, cautiously optimistic about national case. ALA. https://www.ala.org/news/2025/05/ala-welcomes-imls-staff-return-and-select-grant-reinstatements-cautiously

National Park Service. (2021, February 2). Great American Outdoors Act. U.S. Department of the Interior. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/legal/great-american-outdoors-act.htm

Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition. (n.d.). Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership program. https://lwcfcoalition.org/orlp

U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Inspector General. (2023). The U.S. Department of the Interior does not analyze effective royalty rates (Report No. 2021–CR–042) [PDF]. https://www.doioig.gov/sites/default/files/2021-migration/Final%20Inspection%20Report_EffectiveRoyaltyRates_Public.pdf

U.S. Department of the Interior. (2024, November 8). Interior Department announces $16.45 billion in fiscal year 2024 energy revenue. https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/interior-department-announces-1645-billion-fiscal-year-2024-energy-revenue#:~:text=Since%201982%2C%20the%20Department%20has,on%20federal%20lands%20and%20waters

U.S. Department of the Interior. (2022). FY 2023 Land and Water Conservation Fund – Permanent Funding. https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/fy-2023-lwcf-funding-allocations-doi-508_0.pdf

American Hiking Society. (n.d.). The Land and Water Conservation Fund. American Hiking Society. Retrieved September 30, 2025, from https://americanhiking.org/the-land-and-water-conservation-fund/#:~:text=LWCF%20Overview&text=The%20LWCF%20has%20been%20responsible,countless%20opportunities%20for%20outdoor%20recreation

Trust for Public Land. (n.d.). The Land and Water Conservation Fund — Past projects. Retrieved September 30, 2025, from https://lwcf.tplgis.org/mappast/

National Park Service. (2025, September 22). Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Grants Program. U.S. Department of the Interior. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/lwcf/orlp.htm

Sierra Club. (2025, June 2). Sierra Club statement as Trump budget guts Land and Water Conservation Fund. Sierra Club. https://www.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2025/06/sierra-club-statement-trump-budget-guts-land-and-water-conservation-fund#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20DC%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Trump%20administration’s,term%2C%20permanently%20funded%20the%20LWCF

Frazin, R. (2025, June 12). Senate Republicans eye public land sales in ‘big, beautiful bill’. The Hill. https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5346383-senate-proposes-sale-2-million-acres/

Haggerty, M., & Rowland-Shea, J. (2025, February 20). Trump quietly plans to liquidate public lands to finance his sovereign wealth fund. Center for American Progress. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trump-quietly-plans-to-liquidate-public-lands-to-finance-his-sovereign-wealth-fund/

Gorge Friends. (2025, June). Footnote [Image]. https://gorgefriends.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Footnote.png

National Park Service. (2024, September 10). Visitor spending effects — Economic contributions of National Park visitor spending. U.S. Department of the Interior. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/socialscience/vse.htm

American Alliance of Museums. (2025, February). Issue: National Endowment for the Arts. https://www.aam-us.org/programs/advocacy/policy-issues/issue-national-endowment-for-the-arts/

Institute of Museum and Library Services. (n.d.). State allotment data. https://www.imls.gov/find-funding/funding-opportunities/grants-to-states/state-allotment-data

National Endowment for the Humanities. (n.d.). Impact in states & jurisdictions. https://www.neh.gov/impact/states

Connecticut Library Association. (2025, April 10). IMLS Advocacy – 2025. https://ctlibraryassociation.org/IMLS-2025#:~:text=IMLS%20funds%20are%20used%20to,state%20library%20employees%2C%20at%20risk

Institute of Museum and Library Services. (n.d.). Grants to States: State profiles. https://www.imls.gov/grants/grants-state/state-profiles

9. Your Utilities: Lights On, Bills Paid?

Picon, A. (2026, April 3). Trump budget attacks renewables, boosts ‘energy dominance.’ E&E News. https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-budget-attacks-renewables-boosts-energy-dominance/#:~:text=The%20most%20likely%20target%20of,fiscal%202026%20Transportation%2DHUD%20spending%20bill.

E2. (2025, November 30). Clean economy works: Clean economy project tracker. E2. https://e2.org/project-tracker/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2024, December). Water affordability needs assessment: Report to Congress (EPA 830-R-24-015) [PDF]. https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2024-12/water-affordability-needs-assessment.pdf

Environmental Working Group. (2025, August 14). PFAS contamination in the U.S. Retrieved from https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/

Adams, Q. H., Chan, E. M. G., Spangler, K. R., Weinberger, K. R., Lane, K. J., Errett, N. A., Hess, J. J., Sun, Y., Wellenius, G. A., & Nori‑Sarma, A. (2023). Examining the optimal placement of cooling centers to serve populations at high risk of extreme heat exposure in 81 US cities. Public Health Reports, 138(6), 955–962. https://doi.org/10.1177/00333549221148174 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36726308/

Cloudscene. (n.d.). Data centers in United States — All. Retrieved September 30, 2025, from https://cloudscene.com/market/data-centers-in-united-states/all

PivIT Global. (2025). Data center energy consumption: Trends and environmental impact. PivIT Global. https://info.pivitglobal.com/blog/data-center-energy-consumption-environmental-impact#:~:text=Data%20centers%20are%20the%20backbone,homes%20for%20an%20entire%20year

U.S. Department of Energy. (2024, December 20). DOE releases new report evaluating increase in electricity demand from data centers. Energy.gov. https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-releases-new-report-evaluating-increase-electricity-demand-data-centers

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. (2023, August 10). Baseline for work: 92 percent of jobs require digital skills. Partners Update. https://www.atlantafed.org/community-development/publications/partners-update/2023/08/10/baseline-for-work-92-percent-of-jobs-require-digital-skills#:~:text=The%20analysis%20revealed%20that%2092,(see%20the%20figure%20below)

Peterson, D. M. (2024, July 23). U.S. commercial real estate is headed toward a crisis. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2024/07/u-s-commercial-real-estate-is-headed-toward-a-crisis

Federal Communications Commission. (2024). Statement of Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel: Inquiry concerning the deployment of advanced telecommunications capability to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion, GN Docket No. 22-270, 2024 Section 706 Report (FCC 24-27). https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-24-27A2.pdf

McBride, J., & Berman, N. (2024, May 2). How U.S. water infrastructure works. Council on Foreign Relations. https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/how-us-water-infrastructure-works

Kwong, E., Huang, P., Carlson, R., & Ramirez, R. (2024, April 26). 10 years after Flint, the fight to replace lead pipes across the U.S. continues. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/26/1198909905/flint-water-lead-poisoning-anniversary-chicago

The White House. (2024, October 8). FACT SHEET: Biden‑Harris administration issues final rule to replace lead pipes within a decade, announces new funding to deliver clean drinking water. https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/press-releases/2024/10/08/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-issues-final-rule-replace-lead-pipes-within-decade/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2025, May 14). EPA announces it will keep maximum contaminant levels for PFOA, PFOS. EPA. https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-announces-it-will-keep-maximum-contaminant-levels-pfoa-pfos

Singer, A., & Kane, J. W. (2025, February 27). Millions of Americans lack affordable water access. Here’s how local utilities can help. Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/millions-of-americans-lack-affordable-water-access-heres-how-local-utilities-can-help/

Murray, P. (2025, June 11). Senator Murray opening remarks at hearing on Army Corps, Bureau of Reclamation budgets. Office of Senator Patty Murray. https://www.murray.senate.gov/senator-murray-opening-remarks-at-hearing-on-army-corps-bureau-of-reclamation-budgets/

Padilla, A. (2025, January 31). Padilla demands answers from Trump administration after Army Corps orders Central Valley dams open to dangerous flood levels. U.S. Senator Alex Padilla. https://www.padilla.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/padilla-demands-answers-from-trump-administration-after-army-corps-orders-central-valley-dams-open-to-dangerous-flood-levels/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20D.C.%20%E2%80%94%20Today%2C%20U.S

The White House. (2025, May 2). Fiscal Year 2026 discretionary budget request. Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget. https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Fiscal-Year-2026-Discretionary-Budget-Request.pdf

Jenkins, J. D., Farbes, J., Jones, R., Cheng, A., Luo, Q., & Haley, B. (2025). A Fork In The Road: Impacts of Federal Policy Repeal On The U.S. Energy Transition (Version v5) [Report]. REPEAT Project. https://zenodo.org/records/15497751

Chesapeake Climate Action Network Action Fund. (2025). House GOP’s reconciliation bill cuts clean energy tax incentives, threatening hundreds of thousands of jobs and raising energy costs nationwide. https://ccanactionfund.org/house-gops-reconciliation-bill-cuts-clean-energy-tax-incentives-threatening-hundreds-of-thousands-of-jobs-and-raising-energy-costs-nationwide/

United States Senate Committee on Finance. (2025). Finance Committee legislative text: Title VII—Finance. https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/finance_committee_legislative_text_title_vii.pdf

The White House. (2025, January 20). Unleashing American energy. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/unleashing-american-energy/

Lea, J. (2025, May 7). The Trump administration has attempted to cancel $23.3 billion in clean energy grants. Climate Program Portal. https://climateprogramportal.org/2025/05/07/the-trump-administration-has-attempted-to-cancel-23-3-billion-in-clean-energy-grants/

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. (2025, April 3). USDA begins releasing frozen REAP funding. NSAC’s Blog. https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/usda-begins-releasing-frozen-reap-funding/

Administration for Children and Families, Office of Community Services. (2024). LIHEAP fact sheet. U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. https://acf.gov/ocs/fact-sheet/liheap-fact-sheet

Bergh, K., Rosenbaum, D., & Tharpe, W. (2025, May 28). House reconciliation bill proposes deepest SNAP cut in history, would take food assistance away from millions of low‑income families. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/house-reconciliation-bill-proposes-deepest-snap-cut-in-history-would-take

House Committee on Agriculture. (2025). Reconciliation overview one-pager. U.S. House of Representatives. https://agriculture.house.gov/uploadedfiles/reconcilation_overview_one_pager.pdf

Waldman, M. (2025, June 17). The budget bill’s troubling AI provision. Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/budget-bills-troubling-ai-provision

Shahi, M. (2025, June 12). The Senate Republican budget bill adds broadband funding that favors Musk’s Starlink and bans state AI laws. Center for American Progress. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-senate-republican-budget-bill-adds-broadband-funding-that-favors-musks-starlink-and-bans-state-ai-laws/

U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. (2024). Coast Guard Mission Readiness; Spectrum Auctions; Air Traffic Control Improvements; Space Launch and Reentry Licensing and Permitting; Mars, Artemis, Moon to Mars Program [Legislative text]. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/AD3D04CF-52B4-411F-854B-44C55ABBADDA

Weil, G. (2025, May 30). The House reconciliation bill’s AI preemption clearly violates the Byrd Rule. Lawfare. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-house-reconciliation-bill-s-ai-preemption-clearly-violates-the-byrd-rule

Khatib, M. (2025, May 21). Big EV cuts proposed in federal budget text – here’s what to know. EV Hub. https://www.atlasevhub.com/weekly-digest/big-ev-cuts-proposed-in-federal-budget-text-heres-what-to-know/#:~:text=This%20follows%20the%20Trump%20administration’s,Atlas%20public%20brief%20or%20digest

Clean Economy Tracker. (n.d.). Atlas Public Policy & Utah State University. Retrieved September 30, 2025, from https://cleaneconomytracker.org/

Laing, K. (2025, February 7). Trump halts program to expand EV charger network. Transport Topics. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/trump-halts-ev-charger

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2025). Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. EPA. https://www.epa.gov/aboutepa/greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund#:~:text=EPA%20Awards%20%2427%20Billion%20in,national%20nonprofit%20clean%20financing%20institutions

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development. (n.d.). Rural Energy for America Program (REAP). https://www.rd.usda.gov/inflation-reduction-act/rural-energy-america-program-reap#:~:text=With%20the%20passage%20of%20the%20Inflation%20Reduction,and%20rural%20small%20business%20owners%20through%202031.&text=The%20maximum%20grant%20size%20was%20increased%20from,to%20$1%20million%20for%20renewable%20energy%20systems

Clayton, C. (2025, March 26). USDA reinstates rural energy funding but projects must align with Trump energy mandate. DTN Progressive Farmer. https://www.dtnpf.com/agriculture/web/ag/news/article/2025/03/26/usda-reinstates-rural-energy-funding

10. Your Family: In Sickness and in Health Insurance.

Ross, K., & Andara, K. (2024, October 31). Child care expenses push an estimated 134,000 families into poverty each year. Center for American Progress. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/child-care-expenses-push-an-estimated-134000-families-into-poverty-each-year/#:~:text=Of%20the%20more%20than%205.1,12

Legal Services Corporation. (2025). Section 2: Today’s low-income America. The Justice Gap Report. Retrieved September 30, 2025, from https://justicegap.lsc.gov/resource/section-2-todays-low-income-america/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. (2024, May). 2024 Medicaid & CHIP beneficiaries at a glance: Maternal health. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/benefits/downloads/2024-maternal-health-at-a-glance.pdf

Kayser, A. (2025, April 16). Maternity hospitals fear a Medicaid squeeze. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/maternity-hospitals-fear-medicaid-squeeze-2060679

Kaiser Family Foundation. (2025, July 30). A closer look at the work requirement provisions in the 2025 federal budget reconciliation law. KFF. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/a-closer-look-at-the-work-requirement-provisions-in-the-2025-federal-budget-reconciliation-law/

Burns, A., & Rudowitz, R. (2025, June 18). Which states might have to reduce provider taxes under the Senate reconciliation bill? KFF. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/which-states-might-have-to-reduce-provider-taxes-under-the-senate-reconciliation-bill/#:~:text=The%20Senate%20reconciliation%20bill%20would,3.5%25%20of%20net%20patient%20revenues.&text=All%20states%20except%20for%20Alaska,in%20accordance%20with%20federal%20laws

Kaiser Family Foundation. (2025, February 13). Eliminating the Medicaid expansion federal match rate: State-by-state estimates. KFF. https://www.kff.org/medicaid/eliminating-the-medicaid-expansion-federal-match-rate-state-by-state-estimates/#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20proposed%20policy,adults%20in%20the%20Medicaid%20expansion

Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. (2017). Rural hospitals at risk of closing [PDF]. https://web.archive.org/web/20250508125546/https:/chqpr.org/downloads/Rural_Hospitals_at_Risk_of_Closing.pdf

American Hospital Association. (2025, June 13). Rural hospitals at risk: Cuts to Medicaid would further threaten access. https://www.aha.org/fact-sheets/2025-06-13-rural-hospitals-risk-cuts-medicaid-would-further-threaten-access

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. (2025, August 20). Fertility rate: Live births per 1,000 women ages 15–44. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/births/fertility-rate.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/fertility_rate/fertility_rates.htm

March of Dimes. (2024). Nowhere to go: Maternity care deserts across the US. https://www.marchofdimes.org/maternity-care-deserts-report

Malde, J. (2025, April 28). What’s on the table? A review of federal paid family leave proposals. Bipartisan Policy Center. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/whats-on-the-table-a-review-of-federal-paid-family-leave-proposals/

House Committee on Rules. (2025). Amendment to rules committee: Enhancement of paid family and medical leave credit (Print 119–3) [PDF]. https://amendments-rules.house.gov/amendments/Paid%20Leave%2045S%20Amdt250520132834986.pdf

Malde, J. (2025, April 30). What’s in the bills: The More Paid Leave for More Americans Act and Interstate Paid Leave Action Network Act. Bipartisan Policy Center. https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/whats-in-the-bills-the-more-paid-leave-for-more-americans-act-and-interstate-paid-leave-action-network-act/

U.S. Congress. H.R. 3089, More Paid Leave for More Americans Act, 119th Cong., 1st sess. (2025). PDF. https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr3089/BILLS-119hr3089ih.pdf

Williamson, M. W. (2025, January 15). The state of paid family and medical leave in the U.S. in 2025. Center for American Progress. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-state-of-paid-family-and-medical-leave-in-the-u-s-in-2025/#:~:text=However%2C%20as%20of%202023%2C%20Bureau,access%20to%20paid%20family%20leave

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children, Families, and Communities. (2025). FY 2026 Justification of Estimates Appropriations Committees. HHS. https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/fy-2026-acfc-cj.pdf

Murray, P. (2025, April 16). NEW: Trump admin withholding nearly $1 billion in funding for Head Start—crunching centers nationwide and forcing devastating closures. Office of U.S. Senator Patty Murray. https://www.murray.senate.gov/new-trump-admin-withholding-nearly-1-billion-in-funding-for-head-start-crunching-centers-nationwide-and-forcing-devastating-closures/

Senate Committee on Appropriations. (2025, April 24). Letter to the Honorable Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Re: actions undermining Head Start [PDF]. https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/letter_on_hhs_attacks_on_head_start.pdf

First Five Years Fund. (2025, June 17). Overview: White House budget request, FY2026. First Five Years Fund. https://www.ffyf.org/resources/2025/06/overview-white-house-budget-request-fy2026/#:~:text=program%20was%20eliminated.-,Child%20Care%20and%20Development%20Block%20Grant%20(CCDBG,$8%2C746%2C000%2C000%20%E2%80%93%20no%20change%20from%20FY2025

First Five Years Fund. (2024, November). 2024: ABCs of federal early learning and child care funding streams. First Five Years Fund. https://www.ffyf.org/resources/2024/11/abcs-of-federal-early-learning-and-child-care-funding-streams-2024/

First Five Years Fund. (2025, January 31). Total federal TANF & state MOE expenditures for child care and early learning in FY 2023. First Five Years Fund. https://www.ffyf.org/resources/2025/01/total-federal-tanf-state-moe-expenditures-for-child-care-and-early-learning-in-fy-2023/#:~:text=Across%20the%20U.S.%20in%20FY,on%20pre%2DK/Head%20Start

U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means. (2024). Ways and Means Committee: Policy options and estimates [PDF]. Politico. https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000194-74a8-d40a-ab9e-7fbc70940000

Child Care Aware® of America. (2025, May). Child care in America: 2024 price & supply. https://www.childcareaware.org/price-landscape24/

Center for the Study of Child Care Employment. (2024). Early childhood workforce index 2024: Executive summary—Key findings. UC Berkeley. https://cscce.berkeley.edu/workforce-index-2024/executive-summary/key-findings/

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. (2025, June 27). Tracking Senate action on tax and budget reconciliation plan. CBPP. https://www.cbpp.org/blog/tracking-senate-action-on-tax-and-budget-reconciliation-plan?entry_uuid=f293d5e0-287f-447d-9e71-a8ba89dd6f43#entry

Turner, C. (2025, June 20). What children in poverty could lose from the ‘Big Beautiful Bill’. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/20/nx-s1-5437851/children-poverty-republicans-big-beautiful-bill-reconciliation

Internal Revenue Service. (2025, September 16). EITC fast facts. https://www.irs.gov/credits-deductions/individuals/earned-income-tax-credit/eitc-fast-facts

Leiserson, G. (2025, May 28). The GOP plan to cut the EITC via administrative burdens. The Tax Law Center at NYU Law. https://taxlawcenter.org/blog/the-gop-plan-to-cut-the-eitc-via-administrative-burdens#:~:text=The%20version%20of%20the%20reconciliation,Income%20Tax%20Credit%20(EITC)

11. Your Money: Dollars and Sense.

Aspan, M. (2025, March 4). The FDIC’s goal is to prevent another banking crisis. It’s now also a Trump target. Oregon Public Broadcasting. https://www.opb.org/article/2025/03/04/why-the-job-cuts-at-bank-regulator-fdic-are-raising-alarms/

Seligman, J., Coates, J., Coffee, J. C., Jr., Cox, J. D., Fisch, J. E., & Fox, M. B. (2025, February 24). Shadow SEC: The value of an independent SEC. The CLS Blue Sky Blog. https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2025/02/24/the-shadow-sec-the-value-of-an-independent-sec/

Horsley, S. (2025, June 18). Social Security benefits face big cuts in 2033, unless Congress acts. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/06/18/nx-s1-5436828/social-security-benefits-cut-congress

Lee, J., & Wessel, D. (2024, January 25). What did the Fed do after Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failed? Brookings Institution. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/what-did-the-fed-do-after-silicon-valley-bank-and-signature-bank-failed/

Turner, J. (2023, March 17). Why did Silicon Valley Bank fail? Economics Observatory. https://www.economicsobservatory.com/why-did-silicon-valley-bank-fail

Cipriani, M., Eisenbach, T. M., & Kovner, A. (2024, December). Anatomy of the bank runs in March 2023. Economic Brief, No. 24-39. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/economic_brief/2024/eb_24-39#:~:text=In%20other%20words%2C%20the%20March,mainly%20initiated%20by%20larger%20depositors

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. (2023, April). Review of the Federal Reserve’s supervision and regulation of Silicon Valley Bank. https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/files/svb-review-20230428.pdf

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (n.d.). Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). https://www.eeoc.gov/federal-sector/federal-deposit-insurance-corporation-fdic-0#:~:text=Permanent%20Workforce:%205%2C280%20Temporary%20Workforce:%202%2C869%20Total%20Workforce:%208%2C149

Saulsbery, G. (2025, April 22). FDIC aims to reduce workforce by 1,250. Banking Dive. https://www.bankingdive.com/news/fdic-aims-reduce-workforce-1250/746020/#:~:text=The%20Federal%20Deposit%20Insurance%20Corp,%2C%E2%80%9D%20according%20to%20the%20memo

Petry, E., & Vandewalker, I. (2025, February 24). Who benefits from Trump’s move to shut down Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/who-benefits-trumps-move-shut-down-consumer-financial-protection-bureau

Schroeder, P. (2025, June 20). US Senate referee rules against cuts to CFPB, financial regulators in tax and spending bill. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senate-referee-rules-against-cuts-cfpb-financial-regulators-tax-spending-bill-2025-06-20/

Reuters. (2025, June 23). Trump’s CFPB rollback has cost Americans $18 billion, consumer groups say. The Economic Times. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/global-trends/trumps-cfpb-rollback-has-cost-americans-18-billion-consumer-groups-say/articleshow/122045516.cms?from=mdr

Dayen, D. (2024, March 5). Congress poised to kneecap antitrust division. The American Prospect. https://prospect.org/politics/2024-03-05-congress-poised-kneecap-antitrust-division/

Weiner, M. L., & Carr, M. (2025, May 5). “America First Antitrust”: New policy or new terminology? StepAhead: Antitrust & Competition Insights. Steptoe LLP. https://www.steptoe.com/en/news-publications/stepahead-antitrust-and-competition-insights/america-first-antitrust-new-policy-or-new-terminology.html

Sokler, B. D., Kidwell, R. G., & Thornton, P. T. (2025, May 6). Trump antitrust enforcers outline “America first” antitrust enforcement. Mintz. https://www.mintz.com/insights-center/viewpoints/2191/2025-05-06-trump-antitrust-enforcers-outline-america-first#_ftn12

Partington, R. (2025, April 8). How ‘liberation day’ rout compares with other notorious stock market crises. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/08/how-liberation-day-rout-compares-with-other-notorious-stock-market-crises

Assis, C. (2025, June 5). Tesla has lost nearly $200 billion in market cap since Elon Musk left ‘DOGE.’ Here’s what may be ahead for the stock. MarketWatch. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/tesla-has-lost-nearly-140-billion-in-market-cap-since-elon-musk-left-doge-heres-what-may-be-ahead-for-the-stock-4ad8257f

Butrica, B. A., Smith, K. E., & Toder, E. J. (2009). What the 2008 stock market crash means for retirement security (Discussion Paper 09-03). The Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/sites/default/files/publication/30291/411876-What-the-Stock-Market-Crash-Means-for-Retirement-Security.PDF

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (n.d.). The role of the SEC. Investor.gov. https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing/investing-basics/role-sec#:~:text=Mission,Facilitate%20capital%20formation

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (2025, August 13). Search filings. https://www.sec.gov/search-filings

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. (n.d.). Introduction to investing. Investor.gov. Retrieved October 1, 2025, from https://www.investor.gov/introduction-investing

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, No. 22–859 (U.S. June 27, 2024), slip op., https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/22-859_1924.pdf

Associated Press. (2025, September 15). Trump says the US should do away with quarterly earnings reports. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/trump-quarterly-earnings-reports-sec-semiannual-cd5fbed69b72e7525848bc11109d0d35

Prentice, C., & Gillison, D. (2025, May 6). U.S. SEC’s new chief says 15% of staff have left, contract cuts to come, sources say. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/us-secs-new-chief-says-15-staff-have-left-contract-cuts-come-sources-say-2025-05-06/#:~:text=WASHINGTON%2C%20May%206%20(Reuters),sources%20familiar%20with%20the%20matter

Coates, J., Coffee, J. C., Jr., Cox, J. D., Fox, M. B., & Seligman, J. (2025, March 13). Shadow SEC Statement No. 2: The crisis deepens as SEC staff and budget cuts are directed. CLS Blue Sky: Columbia Law School Blog on Corporations and the Capital Markets. https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2025/03/13/shadow-sec-statement-no-2-march-13-2025-the-crisis-deepens-as-sec-staff-and-budget-cuts-are-directed/#:~:text=Beyond%20actually%20unlawful%20acts%20or,the%20timely%20responses%20they%20desire

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Markowitz, A. (2025, February 28). Social Security Administration plans ‘significant’ staff reductions. AARP. https://www.aarp.org/social-security/ssa-workforce-reductions/

Jassin, L. (2025, March 7). List of Social Security Administration offices DOGE is closing. NEWS10. https://www.news10.com/news/list-of-social-security-administration-offices-doge-is-closing/#:~:text=The%20latest%20announcement%20from%20DOGE,Jasper

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Markowitz, A. (2025, April 9). Social Security drops most restrictions on benefit claims by phone. AARP. https://www.aarp.org/social-security/planned-id-verification-requirements-eased.html

Pan, J. (2025, March 28). Howard Lutnick says his 94-year-old mother-in-law ‘wouldn’t complain’ if Social Security missed a payment — claims ‘real America’ will be rewarded while the fraudsters ‘yell and scream’. Yahoo Finance. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/howard-lutnick-says-mother-law-104500599.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kb2NzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALBd27uLrfcmTcJdfR0sNjaEvpra_BfeTgE6-66m-RoFVJ1qCMRheHtk70UjzYERGHrEA-v7n-YDM8l_Wj4H6N-RiogHf

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Perez, D., & Morrissey, M. (2025, May 13). Southern and Midwestern districts are the most vulnerable to Social Security cuts and disruptions. Economic Policy Institute. https://www.epi.org/blog/southern-and-midwestern-districts-are-the-most-vulnerable-to-social-security-cuts-and-disruptions/

12. Your Environment: The Air We Breathe and the Water We Drink.

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Wallace, J. (2025, June 5). Trump’s EPA budget would cut funds appropriated for waste offices. Waste Dive. https://www.wastedive.com/news/trumps-epa-budget-would-cut-funds-appropriated-for-waste-offices/749943/

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van Deelen, G. (2025, April 29). EPA to cancel nearly 800 environmental justice grants. Eos. https://eos.org/research-and-developments/epa-to-cancel-nearly-800-environmental-justice-grants

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Newsom, G. (2025, June 12). ‘Assault on California continues’: Governor Newsom sues Trump over illegal attempt to revoke state’s clean air policies. Office of the Governor — State of California. https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/06/12/assault-on-california-continues-governor-newsom-sues-trump-over-illegal-attempt-to-revoke-states-clean-air-policies/

Dieckman, E. (2025, March 27). Survey from Trump administration asks researchers abroad about involvement in DEI, environmental justice, and climate projects. Eos. https://eos.org/research-and-developments/survey-from-trump-administration-asks-researchers-abroad-about-involvement-in-dei-environmental-justice-and-climate-projects

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Temple, J. (2025, June 2). The Trump administration has shut down more than 100 climate studies. MIT Technology Review. https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/06/02/1117653/the-trump-administration-has-shut-down-more-than-100-climate-studies/#:~:text=change%20and%20energy-,The%20Trump%20administration%20has%20shut%20down%20more%20than%20100%20climate,a%20generation%20of%20climate%20researchers

Stokstad, E. (2025, April 21). EPA orders staff to begin canceling research grants. Science. https://www.science.org/content/article/epa-orders-staff-begin-canceling-research-grants

Mello-Klein, C. (2025, June 10). The proposed NASA budget cuts would decimate American science, an expert says. Northeastern University News. https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/06/10/proposed-nasa-budget-cuts-impact/#:~:text=President%20Donald%20Trump%20has%20proposed,$24.9%20billion%20to%20$18.8%20billion

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Sources with State-Level Information

Agriculture, Food and Farm Subsidies

Food Safety and Inspection Service. (2022, October 4). States with and without inspection programs. U.S. Department of Agriculture. https://www.fsis.usda.gov/inspection/state-inspection-programs/states-and-without-inspection-programs

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. (2025, January 21). SNAP: State by state data, fact sheets, and resources. https://www.cbpp.org/research/food-assistance/snap-state-by-state-data-fact-sheets-and-resources

Rabbitt, M. P., Reed-Jones, M., Hales, L. J., & Burke, M. P. (2024). Statistical supplement to household food security in the United States in 2023 (Report No. AP-124). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. https://doi.org/10.32747/2024.8753946.ers

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. SNAP retailer management dashboard. Retrieved September 26, 2025, from https://www.fns.usda.gov/data-research/data-visualization/snap-retailer-management-dashboard

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Budget & Fiscal Policy

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Tax Policy Center. (2025, May 20). How would potential federal budget cuts impact state budgets? https://taxpolicycenter.org/features/how-would-potential-federal-budget-cuts-impact-state-budget

Ku, L., Kwon, K. N., Krips, M., Gorak, T., & Cordes, J. J. (2025, June 23). How Medicaid and SNAP cutbacks in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” would trigger big and bigger job losses across states. The Commonwealth Fund. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2025/jun/how-medicaid-snap-cutbacks-one-big-beautiful-bill-trigger-job-losses-states

Child Care & Early Learning

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Education

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Hanson, M. (2024, November 3). Pell grant statistics. EducationData.org. https://educationdata.org/pell-grant-statistics

Environment & Clean Energy Jobs

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Economic Impact of National Parks

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Healthcare

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Goldman, M. (2025, April 29). Exclusive: Where nursing homes rely most on Medicaid. Axios. https://www.axios.com/2025/04/29/state-nursing-homes-medicaid-data

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Infrastructure

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Income Distribution & Minimum Wage

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Nonprofit Organizations

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Urban Institute (2025, September 5). What is the Financial Risk of Non-Profits Losing Government Grants? Data Visualization. Urban Institute. https://www.urban.org/research/publication/what-financial-risk-nonprofits-losing-government-grants

Social Security

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