Income Inequality

The program has been plagued with problems, advocates say.

New claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week for the second week in a row, signaling ongoing weakness in the job market as coronavirus infections continue to soar.

The latest figures show that tenants and landlords who go through Philadelphia’s Eviction Diversion program reach an agreement in more than 86% of cases.

Years of financial oversight through Act 47 has prepared cities that were thought to be doomed by the pandemic, while others face cuts and potentially massive tax hikes.

Nonprofits and ministries that offer annual sit-down Thanksgiving dinners to those in need say this year's fellowship will look different.

Economists warn that without more relief for out-of-work people and small-business owners the economy will be damaged more than it needs to be.

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.