Editor: The current administration seeks to divide us, to confuse us, and to distract us. We don’t have time to catch our breath between dubious executive orders, extra-judicial actions and other ...

Gov. JB Pritzker's proposed budget cuts have been circulating in Springfield as some continue to argue for "progressive revenues." ...

Your rent goes up, groceries cost more, and your paycheck doesn’t get the memo. You’re working, you’re trying, and you still end up doing that quiet math in your head: “If I pay this bill today, what ...

The difference between the number of children who eat school lunch versus school breakfast represents an opportunity to ...

Starting in 2027, work requirements kick in for certain beneficiaries on Medicaid, while new work rules for the SNAP food assistance program took effect on Nov. 1. These reforms mandated by the One ...

Rates of people experiencing homelessness plummeted when pandemic-era housing safety net programs and policies were in effect but – after those phased out – rates of people experiencing homelessness ...

(CNN) — The clock is ticking for four major social safety net programs that keep tens of millions of struggling Americans — including millions of children and senior citizens — fed and warm, as well ...

Research reveals that white people appear to support social safety net programs unless they perceive those programs as also ...

Expect the final bill to include $90 million to help Minnesota counties run Medicaid and SNAP on updated IT systems.