Drivers in Pennsylvania and Michigan have benefited from temporary consumer protections during economic downturns and declared emergencies. During these periods, insurers have offered short-term ...

It was a series of guilty pleas in DeKalb County court in an elaborate scheme designed to steal tax dollars intended to help ...

Not only low-income shoppers are hunting for deals these days. Better off consumers are also flocking to discount stores to save a few bucks. Since 2021, budget retailers have seen a large influx of ...

A federal program that provides food assistance to 40 million low-income people could be at risk in November if the government shutdown isn’t resolved by then. And in at least some places, new ...

The Republican megabill enacted in July will require most states to pay a share of SNAP food benefit costs — for many states, ...

The experience of getting a paycheck, then immediately sinking it into rent, car payments, and groceries, leaving little to savings, is very common in the United States. This is particularly true in a ...

Older people who earn less than $20,000 a year die nine years sooner on average than those who earn $120,000 or more. That's the conclusion of a new analysis that shows a strong connection between ...

A "pretrial justice" fund created to help low income people pay bail was victimized by one of its supporters in an ...

Jacksonville will exempt low-income residents from paying $172 increase in garbage fee. But it's up to residents to apply for ...

Standard bail requires a person in custody to pay the entire cost up front as collateral for their release from jail, like the Douglas County Jail seen here. ACLU of Kansas is calling for expanding ...