Lawmakers want to expand the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, which for three decades has rewarded companies that hire people with barriers to employment. New research shows it doesn’t work.

Cornell Dining Student Workers argues that Cornell's austerity policy is simply a front for voluntary budget cuts that hurt ...

A top Senate Republican say passing Medicaid work requirements will be an uphill battle. Former Senate President Don Gaetz ...

The popular College Corps program pays students up to $10,000 for community service work including tutoring incarcerated youth, assisting at food banks and more. The program is expanding from 45 to 52 ...

Though the full financial effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act remain unclear, critics are sounding the alarm over how ...

Two Birmingham-area high school seniors are among 104 students nationwide selected for the Hearst Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C., where they will study the federal government.

Optional Practical Training (OPT) has once again come under scrutiny from the US government, as DHS launches a re-evaluation of the program’s impact on US workers and national security interests.

New national maps are putting hard numbers to a question that has hovered over San Francisco for decades: how much money are downtown freeways leaving on the table? A sweeping analysis traces long ...

Twenty states are projected to experience Medicaid budget reductions of 5% or more due to the law’s cuts to the safety-net insurance program, according to the Rand analysis.

Jennifer Tescher is founder and CEO of the Financial Health Network, a Chicago-based nonprofit dedicated to improving ...

The Trump administration’s aggressive policies on immigration are receiving pushback not just on Capitol Hill but across the country. Democratic leaders in multiple states are refusing to cooperate ...

UC President James B. Milliken defended the university's decision to not sue the Trump administration over funding cuts and ...