Trump spurs states to dump laws regulating new hospitals

The Trump administration has hinged federal funding for states on whether they end or loosen powerful but controversial laws that regulate the construction of new hospitals — with a handful of states poised to comply.

Legislators in several states have been pushing to end the laws, which have faced scrutiny for decades — under Republican and Democratic administrations. But the Trump administration's aggressive approach to tie the policies to funding has forced states to reckon with their laws quickly.