As fall turns to winter and temperatures begin to drop, millions of people across the U.S. will struggle to pay their rising ...

The federal budget bill that passed this month has drawn much attention for polarizing Medicaid work requirements, cuts to food aid and new funding for immigration enforcement. But one item tucked ...

Energy assistance directors are urging utilities to suspend service shut-offs as low-income families brace for higher bills ...

President Barack Obama is a big fan of Pell Grants, a federal program that helps low-income students pay for college. He kicked off his Pell Grant efforts by signing the stimulus bill, which sent an ...

Part of the issue is that the share of state grants that are merit-based jumped 17 percentage points between 1982 and now, ...

A federal judge agreed with the state attorneys general that the Education Department's "boiler-plate" explanation for terminating the funding didn't meet the requirements of the Administrative ...