Although medication-assisted treatment for substance abuse is proven effective and is available in more than 30 state public health offices, the offices have treated only a few hundred patients with opioid and alcohol use disorders.

A $170 million investment intended to boost the number of nursing, teaching, and social work graduates, mostly by adding college faculty, is falling short, with colleges and universities slow to implement programs.

State election costs nearly tripled between the 2021 regular local election and the 2024 general election, largely due to increased vendor and county costs

The healthcare insurance premium surtax generates more money for the healthcare affordability fund than needed to support programs that make health insurance more accessible, but changes on the federal level could increase demand.

Nearly two decades after LFC evaluators began tracking cohorts of prekindergarten students, evaluators are still finding that students who enroll in state-funded prekindergarten score better on literacy assessments and graduate at higher rates.

While oil and gas operators plug most inactive wells, the state must plug thousands “orphaned” by drillers, a job that is likely to take close to a decade and cost more than $200 million.

State funding for public school student transportation reached a record high of $133.8 million in FY25 despite continued enrollment and bus ridership declines.