The biggest change once I retire is that I won't be "saving" for retirement anymore, so I won't need to replace the pretax money currently going into my 401 (k). Rather than working off a percentage ...

Raising teachers’ salaries by $2,000, ensuring all students can eat breakfast for free, and expanding 4-year-olds’ access to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster today unveiled his Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, which invests more than $1 billion in South Carolina's roads, cuts the income tax, strengthens ...

SA’s Class of 2025 has crossed the finish line with a record national matric pass rate of 88%, education minister Siviwe ...

With elections approaching, lawmakers are focused on passing the budgets and finishing quickly. But major issues are looming.

If legislators’ main goal for the 2026 Alabama legislative session could be summarized in five words, they would be “let’s ...

LOGAN, Ohio – Before dawn, in a cold, blustery drizzle, a line forms outside a small, squat building on an open stretch of road on the outskirts of town. "My heater quit working in my car," Scott ...

Americans’ incomes inched higher last year and fewer people slipped into poverty, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s annual look at household wallets. Tuesday’s data showed Americans’ incomes ...

Economists say that a typical middle-class family today is richer than one in the 1960s. Americans in their 20s and 30s don’t believe it. By Sabrina Tavernise A nerdy economics essay recently went ...

In the U.S., homelessness, hunger and poverty affect even the most affluent states, with approximately 12.1% of the population in the U.S. living in poverty in 2024. The poverty rate in Mississippi ...

Dr. Regina Murphy Keith is affiliated with the World Public Health Nutrition Association a registered charity for nutritionists and she is a Commissioner on the UK RIght to Food Commisssion The UK ...

One might expect researchers to have settled the question long ago of whether poverty causes crime. On the surface, the answer seems obvious. A correlation certainly exists: anyone working in the ...