The cost of what’s being called inflation isn’t just prices. It’s donations. The Hunger Task Force (HTF) of La Crosse is feeling the effects, which means...
Signs that people are struggling, people need help, can be seen. You just have to know where to look. One of those places is at the...
It’s the second-last week of Food Drive Fridays, the community effort to help keep the local food shelf stocked during a global pandemic, that’s left many...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan using the holiday season Monday to call attention to a Trump administration...
WASHINGTON (AP) — About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration’s proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — On a summer night in 2017, a police officer conducting a drunken-driving sweep in northeast Wisconsin tried to pull over an SUV after...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Household income in most Wisconsin counties has risen in recent years, while the percentage of residents in poverty has declined, according to...
What is considered a better-than-average economy, apparently isn’t benefiting everyone equally. Certainly not if you look at the numbers of those getting assistance from food pantries,...
A new study conducted by the United Way of Wisconsin has shows just how many people are living in financial insecurity. The study says 14 percent...
While a new farm bill is far from finished in Congress, the latest version has advocates for the poor pleased. The just-passed Senate ag committee version...
MADISON, Wis. — The Republican-controlled state Assembly approved a welfare overhaul package Thursday championed by Gov. Scott Walker as part of his re-election year agenda that...
Proposed changes to welfare, particularly Wisconsin’s FoodShare program have some concerned. One of them is Erin Waldhart, executive director of WAFER Food Pantry. “Last month was...
Wisconsin is a step closer in reaching sweeping public benefits reforms. A special committee on Tuesday approved Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to reform public benefits by,...
The rent-to-own industry is, again, trying to make a dent in some consumer protection laws in Wisconsin. A bill that’s surfaced before would be bad news...
