The winners of this year’s Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge created innovative projects to improve their cities’ core services – many using some combination of artificial intelligence and the…
Read more Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge winnersNEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Enhanced tax credits that have helped reduce the cost of health insurance for the vast majority of Affordable Care Act enrollees…
Read more Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikesWASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week with layoffs remaining low despite a weakening labor market. U.S. applications for jobless claims for the week ending…
Read more US applications for jobless benefits fell below 200,000 last weekOAKLAND, Calif. — California this week dropped a lawsuit officials filed against the Trump administration over the federal government’s withdrawing of $4 billion for the state’s long-delayed high-speed…
Read more California drops lawsuit seeking to reinstate federal funding for the state’s bullet trainWASHINGTON — The Trump administration has directed five large-scale wind projects under construction off the East Coast to suspend their activities for at least 90 days, according to…
Read more Trump order halts offshore wind projects for at least 90 daysWASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week and remain at historically healthy levels despite some signs that the labor market is weakening.…
Read more US unemployment claims fall again last week, remain at historically healthy levelFinances already looked tight for Jade Grant and her three children as she entered the year’s final months. “Everyone’s birthday is back-to-back,” the 32-year-old certified nursing assistant said.…
Read more How a fast-moving $50 cash relief program buoyed needy families when SNAP payments were pausedU.S. President Donald Trump announced Friday that nine drugmakers have agreed to lower the cost of their prescription drugs in the U.S. Pharmaceutical companies Amgen, Bristol Myers Squibb,…
Read more Trump announces lower drug price deals with 9 pharmaceutical companiesNEW YORK — Pharmaceutical companies have agreed to slash the Medicare prices for 15 prescription drugs after months of negotiations, reductions that are expected to produce billions in…
Read more Trump administration says lower prices for 15 Medicare drugs will save taxpayers billionsWASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits declined last week in a sign that overall layoffs remain low, even as several high-profile companies have announced…
Read more Fewer Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remain lowPresident Donald Trump is accusing half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH” after the lawmakers called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and…
Read more Trump: Democrats’ message to military ‘seditious behavior’FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — The closing of a health center in rural New Hampshire has raised concerns that the projected cuts in Medicaid are already taking a toll.…
Read more What to know about the impacts Medicaid cuts are having on rural health careWith the longest U.S. government shutdown over, state officials said Thursday they are working quickly to get full SNAP food benefits to millions of people who made do…
Read more States scramble to send full SNAP food benefitsWASHINGTON — Now that the government shutdown is over, House and Senate Republicans say they will negotiate with Democrats on whether to extend COVID-era tax credits that help…
Read more Republicans promised health care negotiations after the shutdown, but Democrats are waryPresident Donald Trump’s administration returned to the Supreme Court on Monday in a push to keep full payments in the SNAP federal food aid program frozen while the…
Read more Trump administration renews Supreme Court appeal to keep full SNAP payments frozenSALEM — The city of Salem’s Food Policy Council and the Salem Children’s Alliance have partnered with the Salem YMCA to make donated grocery store gift cards available…
Read more Grocery gift cards at Salem Y available to residents losing SNAP benefitsLOUISVILLE, Ky. — People across the country formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways over the weekend after monthly benefits through…
Read more Loss of SNAP benefits leads to long food pantry linesLOUISVILLE, Ky. — People across the country formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways Saturday, after monthly benefits through the federal…
Read more SNAP benefits cut off during shutdown, driving long lines at food pantriesHARTFORD, Conn. — Jacqueline Chapman is a retired school aide who relies on a $630 monthly Social Security check to get by. She was navigating the loss of…
Read more Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income familiesInstacart said Friday it will offer customers who receive SNAP benefits 50% on their next grocery order to ease strain as the government prepares to cut off food…
Read more Instacart, DoorDash among companies offering discounts to SNAP recipients