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Medicaid Work Requirement Rule Released

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued an Interim Final Rule regarding new requirements that certain adult Medicaid applicants and prospective enrollees meet an 80-hour per month work requirement as a condition for eligibility. The rule implements this new requirement created by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OB3). Under the […]

Acting DOL Secretary Sonderling Defends President’s FY27 Workforce Budget Before Senate Appropriators

Acting Secretary of Labor Keith Sonderling appeared on Tuesday before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor–HHS–Education to justify the Administration’s FY27 budget request and outline its vision for the nation’s workforce system. MASA Block Grant Takes Center Stage Sonderling highlighted the Administration’s signature workforce proposal, the Make America Skilled Again (MASA) block grant, as the […]

Workforce Pell Final Rule Published—Are You Ready for the July 1 Implementation?

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday that it will publish the final rule implementing the new Workforce Pell Grant program in the Federal Register tomorrow, May 19, 2026. The program, authorized under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act enacted last summer, extends Pell Grant eligibility to shorter-term, high‑quality workforce training programs beginning July […]