Poverty Issues
Friday, April 25, 2025
Rural WA counties face challenges without key federal funding
By Claire Carlson and Lane Wendell Fischer for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Isobel Charle for Washington News Service for the Public News Ser…
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…
Thursday, April 24, 2025
MI residents can benefit from an upgraded spending plan
As Financial Literacy Awareness Month winds down, Michiganians who are worried about inflation, or watching their retirement account on the stock-…
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Experts say lead in Milwaukee schools is an environmental justice issue
As the city of Milwaukee continues to grapple with addressing unsafe levels of lead across public schools, experts are calling it an environmental …
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 …
Monday, April 21, 2025
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 …
'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…
Monday, April 21, 2025
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…
Michigan policy expert unpacks impact of proposed Medicaid cuts
According to state data, as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, face cuts, Michigan's most vulnerable stand to lose …
Candy, soda out as Indiana reworks SNAP benefits
Gov. Mike Braun rolled out a sweeping health and government assistance initiative Tuesday, backed by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert …
AR advocates concerned by cuts to programs for unhoused
It is estimated more than 2,600 people live on the streets across Arkansas. Since taking office, President Donald Trump has proposed a "treatment …