One in five recent immigrants lived below the poverty line in Canada in 2022, and most of them were in "deep poverty," ...

The state Legislature should support Mayor Eric Adams’ proposal to eliminate the personal income tax for low-income families ...

The earned income tax credit has been around for nearly 50 years, and like the child tax credit, it's known as one of the nation’s best poverty-fighting programs for low- and moderate-income ...

On Jan. 15, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the updated 2025 Federal Poverty Level data, which includes increased income levels. This information is used ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers support a bill to extend the mother’s postpartum coverage period to a year, but it faces ...

State senators began work this week to reenact a law that barred utility companies from cutting off service to customers in the winter, regardless of their ability to pay.

The largest hunger safety program in the U.S. is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP (formerly known as ...

As our readers know, in 2024 the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed regulation to eliminate almost all noncompete agreements did not come ...

Now, the federal poverty line is the same no matter where you live. Rep. Mikie Sherrill introduced a bill to require regional adjustments.

Or, if you’re really committed to paying less in taxes, you could move. In nine states, income isn’t taxed — allowing residents to hold onto more of their hard-earned dollars. For retirees, this means ...

The idea of the poverty line dates back to 1963, when Mollie Orshansky, a statistician for the Social Security Administration ...