Livable Wages/Working Families
Friday, April 25, 2025
VA students, local economies would suffer from possible SNAP cuts
As lawmakers on Capitol Hill discuss trillions in spending cuts, opponents warned students on SNAP and free school meal programs would suffer…
Friday, April 25, 2025
Trump staff cuts threaten MD low-income utility assistance
The Trump administration is facing a backlash for firing all federal workers in a program helping thousands of Marylanders pay their heating and cooli…
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Indiana survivor says nonprofit exploited her story
By Mary Claire Molloy for Mirror Indy.Broadcast version by Joe Ulery for Indiana News Service reporting for the Mirror Indy-Free Press Indiana-Public …
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Unions: NIOSH cuts will harm Kentucky workers
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cut a cut a majority of jobs at the federal agency responsible for worker …
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
MN fire chiefs lean on ads, targeted messaging to boost depleted ranks
In many small Minnesota communities, city hall windows display "firefighters wanted" posters. Lack of interest is a reality local fire chiefs have to …
TX private school voucher opponents worry about effect on public schools
The Texas school voucher program is on its way back to the Senate, after it was approved by members of the House of Representatives in an 85 to 63 …
Monday, April 21, 2025
Beginning farmers in WY could get a boost from Congress
More than one quarter of Wyoming's farmers started producing in the past ten years and are considered beginners by the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
Trump policies put economic pressure on immigrants across U.S., Virginia
President Donald Trump continues his pressure campaign on immigrants -- both documented and undocumented -- disrupting the lives of many in Virginia…
Monday, April 21, 2025
'School choice' funding debate reaches critical stage in ND
North Dakota's legislative session is scheduled to end in May, and the issue of using public funds for what's called school choice remains unresolved…
Iowa rights activists plan to fight social service cuts
Groups working for human rights causes in Iowa warn proposed cuts being debated in Congress would trickle down to the people least able to sustain the…
Monday, April 21, 2025
WV child care crisis expected to worsen as lawmakers fail to take action
West Virginia lawmakers continue their inaction on improving access to child care. House Bill 2026 would have allocated $32 million toward child …
Nebraska housing market hobbled by insurance price spikes
Nebraska is among the states with the sharpest increases in housing prices between 2021 and 2024, according to a new report. The hike has been …