That stipend under the HERO Act signed by Healey last year increased the stipend to $2,500, paid annually on Aug. 1.

July 6, 2025, was celebrated as World Rural Development Day. Established by United Nations (UN) General Assembly proclamation on September 6, 2024, it was to highlight the importance of rural ...

New York is on track to lose out on $750 million in Medicaid funding this year thanks to the federal budget cuts agreed to in Washington last week. State officials also expect to see at least $3 ...

Ohio’s latest biennium budget, signed into law last week, appropriated $10 million for a Child Care Cred Program. The cost-sharing program would provide matching funds from the state if an employer is ...

ALICE (asset limited, income constrained, employed) report shows Clark County households bring in income above the federal ...

Many working class people are just above the poverty line, living paycheck to paycheck. City Center Lofts in downtown Green ...

Just over a third of eligible Arkansans participate in federal nutrition assistance aimed at low-income women and children, the second-lowest participation rate in the nation, according to the U.S. Ce ...

In the U.S., the so-called “moral imperative” to work is bumping up against a less romantic reality: wages that lag behind ...

With income cap gone, New Hampshire families rush to apply for education freedom accounts to pay for private education expenses ...

New premiums and an effort to add work requirements are among the major changes coming to New Hampshire’s Medicaid program.

Governor DeWine signs Ohio's budget, keeping child care provisions largely unchanged despite advocacy concerns.

East Carroll Parish sits in the northeastern corner of Louisiana, along the winding Mississippi River. Its seat, Lake ...