Since the 1960s, the U.S. welfare state has grown to cover not just the poor but, increasingly, the middle class. When there is a temporary economic hardship, it tends to be used as an excuse for a ...

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States Spending the Most on Welfare per capita. Welfare is a good thing. No matter what you think we need it as a country.

A recent federal policy brief on North Carolina’s past child welfare reform efforts didn’t mince words: “Children in North Carolina suffer the consequences of an inadequate child welfare system.” But ...

My name is Robert Rector. I am a Senior Research Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. The views I express in this testimony are my own and should not be construed as representing any official position ...

Why should Connecticut's electricity grid be incorporated into the state's welfare system? Why are electricity users in the state who pay their own electric bills being charged extra to subsidize ...

The Massachusetts House has passed a new bill bolstering oversight of children in the care of the state, as well as increasing the authority of the Office of the Child Advocate.

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Fall 2025 Magazine. You can subscribe here. When he ran for president, Bill Clinton promised to “end welfare as we know it.” In 1996, Clinton signed ...