If the country defaults on its debt, millions of people would lose their jobs, retirement accounts would be decimated, Social Security payments could be delayed, Medicare and Medicaid benefits could be affected, and military members could see paychecks delayed. As...
This could result in new guidance designed to undo the Trump administration’s directive to deny unemployment benefits. On Friday President Joe Biden signed an executive order designed to make it easier for workers who refuse unsafe jobs in the midst of the raging...
Florida counties are seeing a surge of food insecurity. In Miami-Dade County, it has increased from 11.8% to 15.9%. In Bradford County, it has jumped to 19.1%, and in Marion County, it’s at 17.9%. People are going hungry. Months since the pandemic began in the...
State governments and food security activists are imploring the U.S. Department of Agriculture to make the federal food assistance easier to access. PHOENIX (AP) — Yvonne Knight, who has respiratory problems that make her especially vulnerable in the coronavirus...