Mayors for Guaranteed Income coalition of 150 mayors pushed pilot programs offering up to $1,000 monthly payments as more ...

Federal cash programs for child care and early learning are a lifeline for low-income parents, student families, and seasonal workers, but in 2026 they are also exposed to the risk of a federal ...

Program is shrinking as compliance rules reshape who can access federal contracts, raising questions about opportunity and participation.

Federal health programs will cost over $26 trillion through 2036, under the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline, making health care the largest category of federal spending. In this piece, we ...

Opponents say the tax credits would harm public schools, while backers say it offers better education opportunities to all children.

America’s affordable housing crisis is nearing a breaking point. More than 10 million extremely low-income renter households compete for too few affordable units, creating a shortage of 7.1 million ...

As the federal government reopens, programs like SNAP and federal worker pay are experiencing delays in returning to normal operations. Getting back to normal for some of these federal programs will ...

All but one of the nation’s 26 Republican governors are signing their states up for the first federal program that will fund private school scholarships through tax credits. Their Democratic ...

North Carolina taxpayers paid for more than $500 million in vouchers this school year. State lawmakers made the voucher program universal in 2023, allowing even wealthy families to qualify for awards ...

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will receive about $37 million in 2026 from the federal Sport Fish Restoration ...