Income Inequality

The move will erase $39 billion in federal student loan debt.

"[It] has the potential to massively change student loan repayment in our country as we know it," says Dominique Baker, an associate professor of education policy at SMU.

Grants are offered on a first-come, first-served basis for applicants who meet certain income requirements and who have past-due water bills.

Chester County identified transportation as a major barrier to community members getting to problem-solving court appointments and recovery services.

The 6-3 decision, with conservative justices in the majority, effectively killed the $400 billion plan.

Food insecurity was the fifth most pressing need facing Lower Merion Township residents, according to the township’s 2022 community need assessment.

The incident comes roughly three months after a woman was shot during an attempted lockout in another neighborhood.

During a two-hour hearing, tenants and attorneys described a system that’s violent and traumatic.

The nonprofit plans to renovate its headquarters that sits inside a 100-year old factory into a state-of-the-art food distribution center to deliver food to more people.

Congress created some of the most significant revisions to the food stamp program in decades during an effort to prevent the country from defaulting on its loans Thursday.

Households with children, seniors, or people with disabilities are protected from non-payment based shutoffs when they resume May 31.

The money will help 29 agencies statewide build and renovate facilities to help residents with work, education, and health monitoring.

The proposed rate hike will cost the average resident $15 more a month over the next three years.

The number of rebates paid out has declined every year since 2009, according to the state Department of Revenue, a drop of almost 27%.

A recent survey found school districts had more than $19 million in unpaid meal debt, with the Midwest and Great Plains reporting the highest rates of meal debt.