poverty

Oklahoma's poverty rate ranks sixth in the nation, according to the Census Bureau’s 2023 American Community Survey released last week.

Local leaders of the Nurse-Family Partnership hope they can secure money to expand the program to the region’s rural areas.

The law went into effect July 1 after passing nearly unanimously in the 2024 legislative session.

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.

Food banks across Texas are now struggling to keep up with growing demand even more than they were during the pandemic.

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.

The disparities between Wyandotte and its neighbor to the south — Johnson County — remain the most dramatic contrast in the state.

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.

Hundreds of organizations are asking Congress to extend Medicaid in the current budget reconciliation bill being negotiated in Washington.

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.