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Anti-poverty advocates call on lawmakers to change course during legislative short session
NC Newsline via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoIf low-income eligible voters voted at the same rate as higher-income voters, campaign leaders...
Rewiring the Brain: Poverty Linked With Neurological Changes That Affect Behavior, Illness, and...
SciTechDaily· 4 hours agoResearch connects low socioeconomic status to brain alterations impacting educational achievement, mental health, and language development. What influences mental health, academic achievement ...
Utah’s rate of childhood poverty has improved — except in these school districts
The Salt Lake Tribune· 23 hours agoThis story is part of The Salt Lake Tribune’s ongoing commitment to identify solutions to Utah’s...
Report analyzes poverty rate, assistance impact in Ohio
The Center Square· 19 hours agoThe Ohio Poverty Measure, released by Scioto Analysis, found that 8.7% of state's residents lived in poverty in 2021, lower than the 12.1% poverty ...
What Income Will Be Considered Poverty Level In 5 Years?
GoBankingRates via AOL· 6 days agoGuessing the future poverty line is like trying to hit a moving target. There are a lot of economic...
Lawmakers kill minimum pay raise in Louisiana, where one in five people live in poverty
Shreveport Times | The Times via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoLouisiana's poorest workers won't get a minimum wage increase and employers won't be forced to...
We must speak for those who are left out of policy discussion. Restore the Child Tax Credit...
The Oklahoman via Yahoo Finance· 21 hours agoIf there’s one thing I could tell federal lawmakers, it would be to bring back the expanded,...
Crumbling school buildings, a proposed tax increase — What’s at stake in KCKPS bond vote?
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 7 minutes agoCritics, meanwhile, question whether district residents should shoulder a projected property tax...
California leaders asked for a Supreme Court homelessness decision. Will it backfire?
LA Times via AOL· 1 hour agoAfter California's governor and others called for the Supreme Court to take up the issue of...
Malaria is still killing people in Kenya, but a vaccine and local drug production may help
San Francisco Chronicle· 4 hours agoAs the coffin bearing the body of Rosebella Awuor was lowered into the grave, heart-wrenching sobs...