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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Landowners have from June 1 until Aug. 31, 2026, to review and consider base acre increases on farms enrolled in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs.

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 ...

America’s broken safety net system has over 80 programs, costs $1.6 trillion annually, and perpetually underperforms. It’s inefficient, costly, and perversely functions like a snare net that traps ...

Two initiatives to meet the needs of at-risk Arlington seniors are facing troubled times. An end to Covid-era funding is hitting operations of the nonprofit Meals on Wheels program hard, while there ...

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

The Trump administration’s drive to slash safety-net spending is hitting SNAP. As the cost of gasoline spikes, rent and utilities climb and food remains expensive, more than 3.5 million Americans have ...