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A new state law increases what SNAP applicants’ vehicles can be worth before they’re disqualified for federal food assistance. But most states don’t take car values into consideration at all.
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Food banks across Texas are now struggling to keep up with growing demand even more than they were during the pandemic.
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With a state legislative session looming, the Texas Women’s Foundation has identified nearly two dozen policy changes that can help make the lives of women and girls better.
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The disparities between Wyandotte and its neighbor to the south — Johnson County — remain the most dramatic contrast in the state.
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A new report finds that Texas courts use very different yardsticks to decide who’s poor enough to get a court-appointed lawyer. That patchwork often leaves people without the legal defense in a criminal trial that the Constitution promises.
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Texas Refused To Expand Medicaid Coverage To More Poor Adults. Groups Ask Congress To Do It Instead.Hundreds of organizations are asking Congress to extend Medicaid in the current budget reconciliation bill being negotiated in Washington.
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A new study finds women who sought but were denied access to abortion experienced higher rates of poverty than women who were able to obtain care.
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States can get a substantial return on investment if they help single mothers in college access child care, support services and financial aid,...
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Hi, I’m Valerie Mendoza of Topeka with a Radio Reader book byte about Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow.I just finished the chapter the…
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Sixty-five percent of children born to young parents in Texas are living in poverty, according to a new report. The report , released Tuesday by The...