Poverty Issues
Thursday, March 20, 2025
School meal programs on GOP's chopping block
Children's advocates are crying foul after House Republicans called for $12 billion in cuts to school meal programs, including the Community …
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Texans encouraged to use their voices during current legislative session
Many Texans feel strongly, one way or another, about the proposed school voucher bill before state lawmakers. Gov. Greg Abbott has proposed a plan to …
Thursday, March 20, 2025
Advocates say WA rent stabilization bill important for ending hunger
While affordable housing advocates across the state have been cheering on Washington's rent stabilization bill in Olympia, so have organizations …
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Alarming violence rates continue against Indigenous women
Indigenous people have made great contributions to the state of Wisconsin yet the alarming rates of violence against them remains a public health cris…
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Blowback on GOP's proposed cuts to school meal programs
Children's advocates are crying foul after House Republicans called for $12 billion in cuts to school meal programs, including the Community …
Religious leaders gather in TX to fight oil and gas subsidies
Forty religious leaders from different denominations gathered in Texas this week to call for an end to fossil-fuel subsidies and expansion of related …
Doubling down on care: Ohio’s push for caregiver tax relief
In a significant development for family caregivers across America, AARP is spearheading initiatives at both federal and state levels to provide tax …
AR food tax could be going away
Organizations working to fight food insecurity across Arkansas support two bills before state legislators. The Grocery Tax Relief Act would repeal …
High moral stakes of proposed cuts to federal programs
A new report commissioned by faith leaders outlines the high moral stakes at play as the Trump administration pushes to cut federal programs to pay fo…
Report: Bird flu not cause of rising egg prices in TX
A new report by the group Food and Water Watch said egg companies are exploiting the bird flu outbreak for profit. On average, the price of a dozen …
TN nonprofits plan ahead for end of Summer EBT food program
Gov. Bill Lee has opted Tennessee out of the federal Summer EBT program and nonprofit groups in the state said they will work to fill the gap for …
Four-state collaborative seeks to improve food access in Native nations
Food-bank organizations teamed up in four states, including Wyoming, to launch the 104° West Collaborative in 2021 to better serve their …