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Elysia Berman, 35, first tried the no-buy challenge in 2024 and told USA TODAY it helped her pay off $34,000 of credit card debit over the course of the year. Berman said by continuing the challenge ...

While the governor's budget proposal provides some additional funding to improve public assistance programs, community groups ...

I've recently had to increase my family's food budget due to groceries being even more expensive these days. But here's how I ...

The first Trump administration tried to scale back who gets food benefits, and allies aim to try again. Food pantries say ...

After a pair of special elections later this month, a one-vote margin in the state Senate and the first tie since 1979 in the ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson is pushing for free school breakfasts and lunches for all K-12 students in Washington state.

Governor Laura Kelly announced on Thursday her annual budget, which is balanced and continues to fully fund Kansas’ K-12 ...

(WJAR) — There's another attempt to fund free meals for all K-12 public school students in Rhode Island. The proposal is ...

Popcorn and movie theaters are inseparable today. But a century ago, cinemas actually banned the beloved treat for being cheap and messy. A Kansas City saleswoman named Julia Braden became one of the ...

For Alena Boud, her freshman year at BYU involved more struggles than simply getting along with roommates and surviving ...

The governor also wants to make some community college programs free. But she didn’t touch the thorniest issue: the school ...