Washington

2024 ACA marketplace enrollees: 272,494

Nationwide projected average premium increase if tax credits expire: 114%

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Source: KFF

• Washington health insurance premiums could rise significantly without congressional action – Apple Valley News Now

• Small business owners, employees worry about higher health insurance costs – Washington Examiner

• What the federal government shutdown means for Washington’s K-12 schools – Washington State Standard

• Seattle, King County Brace for Impact of Coming Federal Funding Earthquake – The Urbanist  

• Dual budget cuts prompt layoffs, closures for WA state libraries – Cascade PBS

• Proposed federal cuts ‘horrific,’ says Washington’s schools chief – The Seattle Times

• 7 stories on Tri-Cities DOGE cuts and layoffs – Tri-City Herald

• Some WA food bank clients getting less as providers stretch supply to cope with cuts – The Olympian

• Federal funding cuts to AmeriCorps leave Washington volunteers, nonprofits scrambling for answers – KUOW

• Looming federal health care funding cuts threaten vulnerable locals – Salish Current

• Washington's libraries face 'deep and dramatic' funding cuts as Trump abruptly terminates federal grants – KUOW

• Federal funding cuts have Pierce County health officials ‘reimagining’ services – The News Tribune

• DOGE cuts hit learning program for low-income children in western WA – NBC K5

• WA-based boat builder laments federal funding ‘chaos’ as vessels for Ukraine in peril – The News Tribune

• Hiring freeze of firefighters could be deadly, Forest Service captain warns – NBC News

• Washington faces billion-dollar funding risk – Axios Seattle

• Federal layoffs impact Washington state, local leaders speak out | News | nbcrightnow.com – NonStop Local (NBC Affiliate)

• Federal funding freeze could cost WA billions amid budget crisis – KXLY

• WSU could lose up to $25M per year from Trump research funding cuts – Cascade PBS

• Trump’s job cuts lead to closed trails, staff shortages in WA – The Seattle Times

• Trump’s cuts to federal wildfire crews could have ‘scary’ consequences – ICT News

West Virginia

2024 ACA marketplace enrollees: 49,334

Projected average premium increase if tax credits expire: 133%

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Source: KFF

• After Congress cuts public media funding, a WV radio station looks for other support – West Virginia Watch 

• DOGE terminates $9 million West Virginia digital equity grant – Times West Virginian  

• DOGE cuts would hurt West Virginians. Riley Moore is working to make them permanent. – Mountain State Spotlight

• Federal Funding Cuts, New Dye Requirements Fuel Uncertainty In School Lunchrooms – West Virginia Public Broadcasting

• Federal funding freeze disrupts rural organizations supporting foster youth, job growth | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• Federal Cuts Could Affect Local Schools, Including Low Income And Disabled Students, Says Budget Expert - West Virginia Public Broadcasting – West Virginia Public Broadcasting

Wisconsin

2024 ACA marketplace enrollees: 235,587

Projected average premium increase if tax credits expire: 85%

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Source: KFF

• State labor secretary tolls federal shutdown’s effect on Wisconsin – Wisconsin Examiner

• Wisconsin woman advocates for extending ACA subsidies in Washington D.C. – Spectrum 1 News 

• Everyone is impacted': Milwaukee restaurateur worries about effects of government shutdown – TMJ4 News

• ACA tax credit expiration will harm health of Wisconsinites — Antigo Daily Journal 

• As government shutdown looms, Wisconsin Dems worry about constituents losing health care — Wisconsin Examiner

• Evers urges Trump administration against cutting federal forestry funding, Quinn knocks 'hysteria' over cuts — WisPolitics  

• Wisconsin PBS, WPR brace for federal funding cuts – WMTV 15

• Milwaukee 6th Street project federal funding cut under Trump bill — Fox6 Milwaukee  

• UW-Madison faces 5% budget cuts amid federal funding uncertainty — WKOW 27

• Wisconsin tribal colleges are threatened by federal cuts — Wisconsin Public Radio 

• Proposed federal cuts could jeopardize Wisconsin Alzheimer's research — Wisconsin Public Radio 

• UW-Madison brain cancer vaccine research threatened by federal cuts – Wisconsin Public Radio

• Wisconsin has been rocked by DOGE cuts to AmeriCorps. Here’s how Milwaukee programs like 414 Fellows are feeling the devastation. – Marquette Wire

• Wisconsin libraries brace for steep drop in services under federal funding cuts — Wisconsin Examiner

• Wisconsin nonprofits, libraries & museums scrambling as DOGE cuts funding for humanities – Fox 11 News

• Milwaukee faces lead crisis without CDC experts RFK Jr. fired — Politico

• Dairy farmers in Wisconsin see federal funding unfrozen as others are left waiting — NPR

• Solar program for low-income Wisconsin families in limbo since federal funding freeze — Wisconsin Public Radio 

• Trump administration freezes funds for Wisconsin electrical vehicle charging stations — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 

• Wisconsin farmers feel impacts of Trump administration policies, funding freeze - WPR — Wisconsin Public Radio

• Federal Funding Freeze Impacts Head Start in Dane County - WORT-FM 89.9 — WORT 8099

Wyoming

2024 ACA marketplace enrollees: 40,149

Projected average premium increase if tax credits expire: 195%

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Source: KFF

• Wyomingites brace for spiking health insurance prices as marketplace changes loom – Old City News

• Opinion: Cutting federal funding for academic research will hurt Wyoming — WyoFile 

• After five years archiving Wyoming history, library specialist fired in latest DOGE cuts — WyoFile 

• ‘Streamline’ or ‘lifeline’? Wyoming veterans divided over Trump’s VA cuts — The Guardian

• Outdoor Recreation Threatened by Federal Budget Cuts — Powder

• Natrona County nonprofits weather uncertainty about federal support - Casper, WY Oil City News — Oil City News

• Federal funding gap may cause Wyoming Starbase Academy to close next month — Yahoo!News