Income Inequality

More than two dozen states and nearly 50 localities have a wage floor that is higher than the federal minimum wage, which has been stagnant at $7.25 since 2009.

Built on formerly vacant city lots, the housing will be earmarked for families earning less than $50,000 and veterans.

A nonpartisan think tank says state funding of New Jersey schools has failed to recover from the Great Recession of 2008 and actually receded to levels seen in the mid-1990s.

“Every state ... every city is suffering," said one governor. "The federal government is really the only resource that we all have to turn to.”

Cases are rising in 49 states, and deaths are increasing in 39. The nation has now recorded 240,000 virus-related deaths and 10.3 million confirmed infections.

As shutoffs resume, Pa. utility customers who need help paying their bills have options under the state’s Public Utility Commission regulations.

Despite an international agreement to allocate the vaccine equitably around the world, billions of people might not be immunized until 2023 or even 2024.

The program offers tenants up to $1,500 a month for rental assistance for six months, and homeowners can get $1,000 a month for six months.

Republican leaders in Harrisburg refused to vote on a fix for the CARES Act program.

Women are leaving the workforce at four times the rate of men. The shift is especially pronounced among Latina women. That could have lasting effects for the broader economy.

Women have made great strides. But the uncomfortable truth is that in their homes, they're still fitting into stereotypical roles of doing the bulk of housework and parenting.

State legislators have passed a bill expanding the law that automatically seals certain criminal records to residents who can’t afford to pay their court debt.

A battery of expiring Philadelphia renter protections may be extended by City Council — but with more stringent eligibility requirements, if some groups have their way.

It’s back to the drawing board for city lawmakers trying to force landlords to make repairs to dilapidated rental homes in Wilmington.

A federal judge has vacated the Trump administration's rule that would have forced hundreds of thousands of Americans off food stamps.