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Food defined poverty for 57 years. Advocates, families want more realistic guidelines.
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoThe federal government’s outdated poverty guidelines are leaving thousands of North Carolina...
"Persistent poverty" afflicts much of the U.S., study finds
CBS MoneyWatch via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoAlthough the U.S. has periodically sought to reduce poverty around the country since the 1960s,...
What Income Is Considered Poverty Level in Texas in 2023?
GOBankingRates via Yahoo Finance· 8 months agoThe federal government measures poverty by comparing a household's income to a set poverty threshold...
Minimum wage is going up next year. With inflation, will the gain be real?
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMinimum wage in Rhode Island is set to continue its slow climb to $15 an hour as the wage increases...
Buncombe County Schools opens 1st school-based wellness center, health care clinic
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 8 months agoASHEVILLE - The first school-based wellness center in Buncombe County Schools opened on Oct. 16 at...
More than 29,000 Iowa students have applied for an education savings account, Kim Reynolds says
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMore than 29,000 Iowa students applied for the state's new education savings account program to pay...
L.A. County-run hospitals could expand free and discounted care
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA nurse checks on patients in the COVID-19 wing at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center in the Sylmar...
‘True Cost of Aging’ index shows many seniors can’t afford basic necessities
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoNationally and in every state, the minimum cost of living for older adults calculated by the Elder...
Whitmer signs spending bill, allocating $240M in federal COVID-19 relief
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a $1.1 billion supplemental spending bill Tuesday that will send...
Student loan repayment plan proposed by Biden could cut monthly bills in half, with some borrowers...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoDetails on President Joe Biden's long-awaited changes to income-based repayment plans have been...