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| Oct 12, 2026 | Nearly half of Coloradans with disabilities report loneliness, more than twice the statewide average | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Jenny McCoy, Collective Colorado
Madison Stout noticed last October that her mood had dipped. She felt fatigued and started sleeping and eating more than usual. Her motivation slipped at work.
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| Oct 7, 2026 | Murray on Trump and Duffy’s Plans to Tie Transit Funding to Birth Rates | 10.07.26
Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray, Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, released the following statement after the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) proposed new guidance for the Capital Investmen... |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Disaster relief funding is creeping into Trump’s midterm rhetoric. Critics say it has no place there | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
President Donald Trump has turned emergency relief into a campaign talking point in the final sprint to the midterm elections, approving disaster declarations in consequen... |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Pennsylvanians Say Skyrocketing Costs Are Squeezing Their Family Budgets | Over the past week, MomsRising Together and Pennsylvanians Together in Action stationed pop-up “Pennsylvania Feels the Squeeze” lemonade stands in Langhorne, Harrisburg, Scranton and Bethlehem. HARRISBURG, PA, UNITED STATES, September 30, 2... |
| Sep 24, 2026 | More renters struggling with monthly housing costs | A growing share of working-age renters are having difficulty keeping up with housing and utility costs, according to forthcoming analysis from Urban Institute researchers examining affordability trends from 2019 through 2025.
The analysis d... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | A generation of kids suffer as Trump destabilizes immigrant families | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, KFF Health News
The little girl stared up at Norma Gómez from the doorway of her neighbor’s apartment, her sad, brown eyes suddenly flashing with hope.
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| Sep 18, 2026 | The unseen shift in agency pools: How ‘lender choice’ is quietly repricing specified pools | For decades, the Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) market operated on an implicit, foundational constant: a loan’s representative credit score meant Classic FICO. Capital markets desks built trading algorithms around it, risk engines ... |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Where Florida’s gun violence exacts its biggest toll on Black and Latino children | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Daniel Chang, Fred Clasen-Kelly, Olga Pierce, The Trace, Yona Gavino, Action News Jax, and Daralene Jones, WFTV, KFF Health News
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Just west of the St. Johns River, which divi... |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Ascendus, MetLife Foundation and Urban Institute to Examine What Happens After a Small Business Owner Reaches Capital | Getting Ready to Grow: How Small Capital Drives Economic Mobility convenes funders, CDFI practitioners and researchers on September 16 in New York and online. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 27, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ascendus, a na... |
| Aug 25, 2026 | Ascendus Deploys $15 Million to 706 Small Business Owners in 2025, Releases Annual Report | Financial coaching hours grow across the portfolio as the nonprofit lender strengthens its balance sheet and expands childcare lending into California. NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, August 25, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Ascendus, a nonprofit... |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Affordability is a ‘defining challenge’ for Americans, with food costs leading the way, report finds | Most Americans cite rising food costs as the top barrier to economic mobility, according to a new report by the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Many consumers rely on credit cards to pay for necessi... |
| Aug 2, 2026 | Affordable housing often costs more to build than market‑rate housing – Colorado is closing the gap (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Solomon Greene
In much of the United States, developers spend more to build an affordable apartment for a low-income family than a market-rate one just down the street – sometimes far more. It i... |
| Jul 31, 2026 | From the Desk of the County Manager, July 31, 2026 | Greetings, Durham!
I am Julia Hedelman, Senior Management Analyst in the Office of Organizational Effectiveness for Durham County and am excited to be a guest columnist this week.
As one of North Carolina’s top economic, cultural, and resea... |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Gravie Closes General Atlantic Round as ICHRA Adoption Hits ACA Premium Wall | By Jerry Owens
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| Jul 30, 2026 | RWJF Report Analyzes Hospital Financial and Workforce Strains Under OBBBA
Beyond Safety Net Cuts: Urban Institute Report Outlines Fiscal Threats to Hospitals Under OBBBA | What You Should Know
A joint report by the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analyzes five major federal policy shifts threatening hospital financial stability and operational sustainability.
Medicaid work requirements and ... |
| Jul 21, 2026 | We are not ready for the next housing downturn | The pandemic wrought financial havoc across the economy, but its impact on the housing market was significantly reduced due to a whole-of-government response that enabled millions of families to stay in their homes. The rapid deployment of ... |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Best Rent Payment Reporting Service to Improve Credit: IdentityIQ vs. LevelCredit (2026) | Share
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If you are searching for the best rent payment reporting service to help build credit, it is important to understand how rent payment reporting works, what results you can realistically expect, and which featur... |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Trump administration urges banks to scrutinize lending to immigrants without work authorization | The Trump administration on Monday issued guidance urging banks to scrutinize lending decisions for mortgages, auto loans, credit cards and other consumer credit to immigrants who lack U.S. work authorization.
Federal bank regulators said i... |
| Jul 1, 2026 | Trump Accounts for kids launch July 4: What parents need to know | July 4 is the official launch date for Trump Accounts, a new savings and investing vehicle for kids under 18 in the U.S.
Once a Trump Account is set up, eligible children will receive a one-time $1,000 contribution from the federal governme... |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Hometap brings home equity investment product to five more states | Hometap is expanding its home equity investment product (HEI) into five additional states, extending its reach to markets that represent more than half of U.S. homeowners.
The Boston-based financial technology company announced Tuesday that... |
| Jun 28, 2026 | Some renters say homeownership isn’t part of their American Dream: Renting is ‘really freeing for me’ | Owning a home has long been part of the American Dream. But in the country’s 250th year, many Americans feel the goal, a milestone of adulthood and a marker of financial success, eludes them.
Homeownership is something many people still asp... |
| Jun 28, 2026 | The Social Security trust fund will run dry in 2032 – what that means for retirees and workers who hope to retire (Opinion) | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By John W. Diamond
Every year, the panel overseeing the trust fund for Social Security and Medicare publishes its annual financial report. And every year, its members make clear that the programs’ ... |
| Jun 27, 2026 | Before there were Trump Accounts, SEED OK gave some newborns $1,000 — how researchers say the grants affected kids | Some state-sponsored child investment accounts came before Trump Accounts.
SEED for Oklahoma Kids, also known as SEED OK, is considered the first of its kind and provides a long-term view of such programs and their potential.
Thousands of f... |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Trump Account signups now total more than 6 million, but millions more children are eligible | More than 6 million children have been signed up for Trump Accounts, according to the latest figures from the Treasury Department.
About 1.4 million of those children are eligible for the Treasury’s $1,000 pilot contribution.
That is still ... |
| Jun 19, 2026 | Black bank card program to steer cash payments to single mothers in government housing | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By COREY WILLIAMS
One of the few Black-owned banks in the United States is introducing a debit card aimed at helping single mothers who live in government-subsidized housing escape poverty.
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| Jun 17, 2026 | Trump’s pick to lead FEMA pledges to be ‘fair and reasonable’ in assessing disaster aid requests | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cameron Hamilton, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency, pledged to senators Wednesday to be “fair and reasonable” in assessing requests... |
| Jun 16, 2026 | Rental Application Delays Highlight the Need for Clearer Screening Workflows | Rental Application Delays Highlight the Need for Clearer Screening Workflows
You applied for the apartment 11 days ago. You did everything right, but the background check was still "pending," and the landlord already moved on.
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| Jun 14, 2026 | Can Trump Accounts help close the wealth gap? Here’s what experts say stands in the way | Trump Accounts come with free money for some children, but it may not be enough to significantly affect low-income families, some experts say.
A lot will depend on how many lower-income households enroll in the new investment plans, which l... |
| Jun 12, 2026 | Treasury expands bank data-sharing rules tied to Trump immigration crackdown | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By KEN SWEET, AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — The Treasury Department moved Friday to enlist the nation’s banks more deeply in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, including issuing f... |
| May 28, 2026 | Urban Institute study makes the case for a 100% LTV FHA mortgage | A new study from the Urban Institute concludes that the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) could offer zero-down payment mortgages to first-time homebuyers without significantly increasing default risk or endangering its insurance fund.
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| May 26, 2026 | World Cup transit sticker shock hits fans with tickets to matches in some US host cities | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By R.J. RICO and JEFF MCMURRAY
Dubbed the “Sommermärchen,” or “Summer Fairy Tale,” the 2006 World Cup in Germany was a widely praised showcase for a modern, unified nation that was welcoming to fan... |
| May 19, 2026 | Trump orders banks to take a closer look at clients’ citizenship in new immigration enforcement move | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN SWEET
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order that requires banks to take a closer look at the citizenship of their customers, a new ... |
| May 15, 2026 | Opinion: ‘This time it’s different.’ U.S. of AmeRegCorp. AARP. UMMC. MHI. MHARR. Congress and manufactured homes | Per the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) website: “MBA issued a Mortgage Action Alliance (MAA) Call to Action urging members to contact their U.S. Representative to ensure…troubling provisions within the Senate-passed 21st Century ROAD to... |
| May 13, 2026 | Governor Newsom announces $30 million for regional wildfire prevention and landscape projects ahead of wildfire season | Strengthening regional wildfire resilience efforts
Regional Wildfire and Landscape Resilience grant projects, funded by the state’s Climate Bond (Proposition 4), accelerate wildfire preparedness efforts and landscape health projects at scal... |
| May 4, 2026 | Unlock CEO Jim Riccitelli says home equity investments need ‘purpose-built regulation’ | It’s no secret that older Americans have built record levels of housing wealth. And while reverse mortgage companies devote time and energy tapping into this market, they also face rising competition from a relatively new product category: ... |
| Mar 30, 2026 | How boomer housing dominance is forcing real estate agents to retool | Baby boomers’ decades long control of U.S. housing wealth is not just locking out younger buyers, it’s forcing significant changes to a real estate agent’s job description.
Top-producing agents told HousingWire the industry continues to piv... |
| Mar 25, 2026 | How to Move on Quickly After Selling a Home in a Tough Financial Situation | Share
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Selling your home is stressful.
Sell house fast because you’re upside down financially, though? That’s an entirely different beast.
Foreclosure. Short sale. Paying off debt. Moving out of state for a job. Wheth... |
| Mar 24, 2026 | Bike and walking trails lose hundreds of millions under Trump | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Shalina Chatlani, Stateline.org
Cities and states are filing lawsuits and scrambling for alternative sources of money as the Trump administration seeks to shut off the federal funding spigot for... |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Sorry, don’t buy Senate brief: “The facts: The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act” won’t work unless amended | HUD’s own research shows that, for more than 50 years, lawmakers and public officials have repeatedly promised fixes that never materialized.
The Senate ironically proves their bill won’t work in their own U.S. Senate brief. “Myth 5: The RO... |
| Feb 24, 2026 | The ACA health coverage subsidy lapse hit 22 million people. Here are some of their stories | Enhanced premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance expired at the end of 2025.
About 22 million people received those enhanced premium tax credits last year, more than 90% of ACA marketplace enrollees.
The avera... |
| Feb 20, 2026 | End of enhanced Obamacare subsidies puts tribal health lifeline at risk | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Katheryn Houghton, Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez, KFF Health News
Leonard Bighorn said his mother tried for two years to get help for severe stomach pain through the limited health services available ... |
| Feb 18, 2026 | Analysis questions CFPB’s economic impact, sparks debate over true costs | A new report from the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) estimates that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has imposed $237 billion to $369 billion in cumulative costs on U.S. consumers since its creation in 2011, largely throu... |
| Feb 12, 2026 | How EPA ‘endangerment finding’ repeal could impact your wallet | The Trump administration repealed the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, “endangerment finding.”
The Obama-era policy underpinned the federal government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
The repeal will likely lead to hi... |
| Feb 11, 2026 | How Social Security Fairness Act payments may affect beneficiaries this tax season | The Social Security Fairness Act provides more than 2.8 million beneficiaries who receive public pensions with higher monthly payments and retroactive lump-sum payments dating back to 2024.
The law eliminated two provisions affecting those ... |
| Feb 3, 2026 | What Medicaid, SNAP work requirements in Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ mean for older workers | President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” introduced Medicaid work requirements for certain individuals up to age 64, and raised the work requirement ages for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to include individuals 55 to 64... |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Texas Stands Apart as ACA Enrollment Falls Elsewhere | ACA Marketplace Enrollment Change by State
ACA Marketplace Enrollment Change by State_ Top 12 Most Populated
Final plan selection data show Texas growing its ACA rolls for 2026 while most large states moved in the opposite direction.
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| Feb 2, 2026 | I Was a First-Generation Elite Private School Graduate. My Kids Won’t Follow My Path. | As we drove across the bridge that read, “Trenton Makes, the World Takes,” the red lights brightened my worried face. It took 20 minutes to drive back home from my admissions interview, but the Delaware River felt like the width of the Atla... |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Early Wealth Building: Trump Accounts Launch with Celebrity Endorsement | Trump accounts, new tax-advantaged savings for children, debut nationwide. Rap artist Nicki Minaj pledges significant funds, boosting awareness. Families can secure an initial $1,000 federal deposit for children born 2025-2028. Opening acco... |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Trump Accounts: Fueling Your Child's Financial Future | Trump Accounts launched as a federal initiative. They provide $1,000 for eligible newborns, invested in the stock market until age 18. Funds target tuition, business, or home ownership. Parents, employers, and charities can contribute, with... |
| Jan 29, 2026 | FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump’s first Cabinet meeting of 2026 | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
President Donald Trump held his first Cabinet meeting of 2026 on Thursday, focusing on the economy, housing, energy, health initiatives and drug prices. But while he painted a rosy picture of his a... |
| Jan 26, 2026 | How to open a Trump account during the 2026 tax season — it’s your ‘first opportunity,’ expert says | As tax season kicks off, families with minor children can now register for Trump accounts.
To open the account, an election must be made on IRS Form 4547.
Form 4547 can be filed separately or with your 2025 tax return.
Later in the year, th... |
| Jan 25, 2026 | Trump accounts get supercharged by employer matches — some companies offer up to $1,000 | A number of large employers have announced additional support for Trump accounts, a type of tax-advantaged savings account for kids.
The growing list of companies that will match contributions to Trump accounts for their employees now inclu... |
| Jan 23, 2026 | As federal ACA subsidies lapse, blue states offer their own | Blue states — including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts and New Mexico — are offering new state-funded health insurance premium assistance for 2026.
The move blunts the financial impact for consumers of losing enh... |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Financial Advisor Playbook
In an affordability crunch, Gen Z adults are leaning on their parents for financial help | Largely because of economic pressures, more young adults are leaning on their parents for financial help.
Supporting adult children comes with risks to parents’ own long-term financial security, as well as potentially making it harder for y... |
| Jan 23, 2026 | Social Security has 'no bankruptcy or collapse in the cards,' economist says — but benefits may change | While surveys show Americans worry Social Security may run out of money, benefits will continue, one economist says.
But just how much future monthly checks amount to will depend on elected lawmakers.
Here's why the program faces a financia... |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Cost Shock: ACA Enrollment Drops, Uninsured Surge | Millions of Americans confront soaring healthcare costs. Enhanced federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans expired at year-end 2025. This triggered a sharp enrollment decline. Initial data reveals 1.5 million people already dro... |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Republicans want to end the ‘marriage penalty’ for this childcare tax credit | The Republican Study Committee released a framework for a second budget bill, known as “Reconciliation 2.0,” which includes expanded access to the child and dependent care tax credit, or CDCTC.
The tax break partially offsets care expenses ... |
| Jan 16, 2026 | California Works to Chase Entrepreneurs, Startups Away with Punitive Wealth Tax Plan | California has a lot going for it. Beautiful beaches, mountains, and parks. Awesome weather. And the most powerful startup and innovation ecosystem in the world. And for some reason, the state of California is working hard to destroy its en... |
| Jan 13, 2026 | As enhanced ACA subsidies lapse, millions poised to drop health insurance | About 1.5 million people had dropped their Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance plans by early January, according to initial data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
The decline comes as enhanced federal subsi... |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Cotality’s Thom Malone on Trump’s proposed institutional investor ban | Housing professionals across the country raised their eyebrows earlier this week when President Donald Trump said he would look to stop large institutional investors from buying homes, citing increased affordability pressures on the typical... |
| Dec 23, 2025 | ACA subsidies are expiring. Here’s who the lapse will hit hardest | About 22 million people receive enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance premiums.
The enhanced ACA subsidies, also known as enhanced premium tax credits, are set to expire at the end of 2025.
Everyone who rec... |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Fixed Income Strategies
As Trump accounts debut for kids, some experts say the government should focus on retirement savings next | New Trump accounts are poised to give children a jump-start on accumulating wealth.
At a Dec. 2 press conference, President Donald Trump suggested the administration may next look to Australia’s universal retirement savings plans for inspir... |
| Dec 18, 2025 | Health care is the ‘engine’ of the job market — and that’s risky for the economy | The health-care sector has powered job growth in the U.S. economy in 2025.
That’s largely because baby boomers are hurtling into their retirement years, boosting health-care demand since older adults generally need more medical services.
Th... |
| Dec 16, 2025 | ACA subsidy fraud is ‘rampant,’ Republicans say. Some health policy experts disagree | Fraud is one reason Republicans in Congress say they don’t want to extend enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act health insurance premiums.
The Government Accountability Office recently issued a report outlining how fraudsters may have ... |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Why 2026 policy debates will center on housing supply, not mortgage rates | The following information has haunted me since last year.
“According to Fannie Mae calculations, it would take one of three things, or a combination of them, for affordability to return to 2016-2019 levels: The median price of a single-fami... |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Trump orders investigation into food supply chains for possible price fixing | Listen to the article 2 min
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President Donald Trump ordered a federal investigation into U.S. food-related industries and foreign-controlled companies for pot... |
| Dec 8, 2025 | Even as SNAP resumes, new work rules threaten access for years to come | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Renuka Rayasam and Katheryn Houghton and Samantha Liss, KFF Health News
Alejandro Santillan-Garcia is worried he’s going to lose the aid that helps him buy food. The 20-year-old Austin resident ... |
| Dec 3, 2025 | A hidden health crisis following natural disasters: Mold growth in homes | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Jonathan R.M. Charles, KFF Health News
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — After returning from what felt like the best internship of her life, Danae Daniels was excited to unwind and settle into a new semester... |
| Nov 24, 2025 | The FHFA should start working now to alleviate future cycles’ mortgage lock-in | HousingWire recently featured an op-ed advocating for Bill Pulte of the FHFA to make Fannie and Freddie (the GSEs) mortgages assumable, retroactively. The intent is noble – most mortgage borrowers are indeed locked in by low interest rates ... |
| Nov 17, 2025 | ‘A thunderclap unpacking UMH CEO Sam Landy’s statements defines the failure metric’ in ROAD to Housing Act | UMH CEO Sam Landy should be thanked for sharing via HousingWire his recent op-ed which weaves together what is arguably a subtle call for the Manufactured Housing Institute (MHI) to do what the Manufactured Housing Association for Regulator... |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Trump gave the Labor Department more control over career-technical education. Will students benefit? | By Kalyn Belsha for Chalkbeat
Career and technical education is a lot more than learning to weld or draw blood. Related Articles
Progressives warn Democrats against alienating the left and blast Schumer’s Senate leadership
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| Nov 4, 2025 | This factor can be a 'kiss of death' on your credit report, says consumer advocate | Rent payments have become a consideration on a growing number of American credit reports.
The share of consumers whose rent payments were reported to credit bureaus rose to 13% in 2025, up from 11% in 2024, according to a recent report from... |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Older Coloradans and rural residents face bigger health insurance price hikes | This year, Tami Butters and her husband paid about $500 per month for health insurance for both of them. Next year, the price will double, even with one less person using it.
Butters, 64, expects to pay about $1,000 per month if she keeps t... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | Health insurance premiums to double next year on Colorado’s individual market | Premiums will double next year for Coloradans who buy their health insurance on the state’s individual market, with higher-income families facing increases of $10,000 or more, the Colorado Division of Insurance announced Monday.
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| Oct 27, 2025 | Manufactured housing is the future of affordable housing | Last month, Members of Congress were treated to an on-the-ground look at manufactured housing – the sector of the housing industry that holds the greatest promise for meeting our nation’s affordable homeownership and rental housing challeng... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | What if diapers were free for the parents who need them most? | By Chabeli Carrazana for The 19th
In America, diapers have long been treated as a luxury good rather than a necessity. Related Articles
Cigna will end drug rebates in many private health plans
Wisconsin Planned Parenthood resumes offering a... |
| Oct 26, 2025 | Government shutdown curtails nonprofit funding, putting vital services in jeopardy | Disruptions in government funding due to the shutdown have left many nonprofit organizations without the aid they need to operate.
At the same time, with hundreds of thousands of workers furloughed, the need for assistance from these groups... |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Millions of families at risk as government shutdown impacts SNAP funding | As the government shutdown stretches on, some states have warned that they may need to suspend SNAP benefits.
Local food banks are often the next line of defense for families facing food insecurity.
But those nonprofit organizations are als... |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Big loopholes in hospital charity care programs mean patients still get stuck with the tab | By Michelle Andrews, KFF Health News
Quinn Cochran-Zipp went to the emergency room three times with severe abdominal pain before doctors figured out she had early-stage cancer in the germ cells of her right ovary. After emergency surgery fo... |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Trump cuts food program — then cuts hunger survey. It’s part of a pattern. (Editorial) | President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but for the nation’s poorest families. Among the numerous cruel elements to the new spending plan are food-program cuts that are expected to increase “food insecurity” — also known a... |
| Sep 27, 2025 | Trump takes aim at minimum wage (Opinion) | By Aurelia Glass
For months, the Trump administration has been waging a multi-front war on the working class: ending collective bargaining rights for more than 1 million federal workers, ripping up signed union contracts, muzzling the agenc... |
| Sep 22, 2025 | Projected surge in uninsured will strain local health systems | By Sam Whitehead and Renuka Rayasam, KFF Health News
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Jake Margo Jr. stood in the triage room at Starr County Memorial Hospital explaining why a person with persistent fever who could be treated with over-the-counter... |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Rep. DeLauro and Rep. Watson Coleman Introduce Resolution Establishing National Diaper Need Awareness Week | U.S. House of Representatives recognizes critical issue affecting nearly half of families with young children across the U.S.
This resolution acknowledges the heroic work of the diaper bank community and validates the impact that our Networ... |
| Sep 12, 2025 | MBA’s Bob Broeksmit sees risks in merging Fannie and Freddie | Amid recent reporting that President Trump is weighing a $500 billion stock offering for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and that he might be considering a merger of the two mortgage giants, Mortgage Bankers Association‘s CEO and President Bob B... |
| Sep 10, 2025 | ACA cliff may mean ‘huge premium shock’ for 22 million people in 2026, expert says | Enhanced subsidies for Affordable Care Act insurance premiums are set to expire at the end of 2025 if Congress doesn’t intervene.
The enhanced subsidies, or enhanced premium tax credits, have been in place since 2021.
The average premium wo... |
| Sep 8, 2025 | 10 levers the Trump Admin may pull to attack housing affordability | Why: Shrinking the MBS–Treasury spread can unlock thousands of approvals without the Fed cutting the Fed Funds rate. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — exit conservatorship without raising rates?
The administration plans to release the GSEs with ... |
| Sep 5, 2025 | VA partial claim program still shrouded in uncertainty | While the mortgage industry has applauded the Trump administration’s push to restore a partial claim option for U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) loans, many experts warn it may arrive too late to help thousands of struggling borrowe... |
| Sep 4, 2025 | Artificial intelligence helps break barriers for Hispanic homeownership | By FERNANDA FIGUEROA, Associated Press
For many Hispanics the road to homeownership is filled with obstacles, including loan officers who don’t speak Spanish or aren’t familiar with buyers who may not fit the boxes of a traditional mortgage... |
| Sep 1, 2025 | A historic change in how Americans buy groceries is underway as SNAP benefit cuts begin | To learn more about the CNBC CFO Council, visit cnbccouncils.com/cfo
On Monday, changes to the SNAP program go into effect, with a CBO analysis forecasting 2.4 million fewer Americans, including families with children, will receive federal ... |
| Aug 25, 2025 | What to know about cashless bail after Trump’s executive order | What it is
Cashless bail refers to policies that allow people to be released from jail without paying any money while they await trial. It is an alternative to the traditional cash bail system in which which people pay money to be released ... |
| Aug 20, 2025 | 61% of college students say they will be impacted by Trump’s ‘big beautiful’ bill: ‘Honestly, I’m cooked’ | Beginning as early as July 2026, several provisions in President Donald Trump’s domestic spending and policy bill will change the way students and families pay for higher education.
The so-called ‘big beautiful’ bill brings new borrowing li... |
| Aug 11, 2025 | Outdated manufactured home? This reverse LO could save the day | Outdated mobile homes that were built before the implementation of modern construction and safety standards in the 1970s can still be found across the country. Seniors living on fixed incomes often own these homes and don’t have a practical... |
| Aug 6, 2025 | Project Equity launches comprehensive U.S. employee ownership policy database | This new, interactive tool empowers advocates, researchers, and policymakers with access to local, state, and federal EO policies
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Project Equity, a national leader in advancing employee ow... |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Trump voters wanted relief from medical bills. For millions, the bills are about to get bigger | Related Articles
US childhood vaccination rates fall again as exemptions set another record
Are tattooed beachgoers at risk for skin cancer?
Trump administration is launching a new private health tracking system with Big Tech’s help
Health ... |
| Jul 29, 2025 | Senate introduces bill for tariff rebate checks after Trump suggestion | Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Monday introduced a bill to send tariff rebate checks to American families, similar to the stimulus checks sent during the Covid-19 pandemic.
If enacted, the measure would provide a minimum of $600 per adult and ... |
| Jul 27, 2025 | Georgia shows rough road ahead for states as Medicaid work requirements loom | “It’s impenetrable,” Alexander said. “I’ve literally tried everything, and there’s no way.”
Millions of Americans trying to access Medicaid benefits could soon find themselves navigating similar byzantine state systems and work rules. Legis... |
| Jul 24, 2025 | A new bill could make it easier to build a tiny home in your backyard—here’s what to know | Granny flats, backyard cottages, garage apartments, in-law suites, guest houses — whatever you call them, a new bipartisan bill could make them easier to finance.
The SUPPLY Act, introduced in the House last week by Reps. Sam Liccardo, D-Ca... |
| Jul 24, 2025 | America needs immigrants. A Fed study shows why. (Editorial) | Pia Orrenius, vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and one of the authors of the study, told us the unauthorized immigration decline is not enough to generate negative growth, but it is still significant.
We’ve long understo... |
| Jul 22, 2025 | The government was once a steady partner for nonprofits. That’s changing | This vast and interconnected set of programs funded by taxpayers has been significantly dismantled in just months, nonprofit leaders, researchers and funders say. And even deeper, permanent cuts are still possible. That uncertainty is also ... |
