Louisiana State

Snopes

Right-wing social media accounts shared images of women in revealing clothes, claiming they showed the vice president.

Fact Check: Photos Do Not Show Young Kamala Harris Working as an 'Escort'

Georgia State

Florida State

WashingtonExaminer

With July quickly coming to a close, SNAP beneficiaries in eight states should expect to see their July payments hit their accounts by Sunday. The funds, worth up to $1,751 for a household of eight, will be uploaded to an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, which functions as a debit card and can be used at […]

Food stamps: Eight states sending out SNAP benefits worth up to $1,751 this week

August’s Supplemental Security Income payment, worth up to $943, will go out to millions of beneficiaries in six days. According to the Social Security Administration, on Aug. 1, the first payments will be distributed to those living with a debilitating disability that affects one’s income.  To be eligible, filers need to be at least partially […]

Social Security update: August direct payment worth $943 goes out in six days

USA TODAY

Nearly half of people who receive federal housing vouchers are unable to use them. "It's a dire situation," one researcher said.

Voucher program is supposed to help poor families rent a home. Nearly half the time, it fails.

The Social Security Administration (SSA) recently announced plans to distribute over $900 million in delayed payments for disabled individuals eligible under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. The substantial sum will recompense eligible individuals who were incorrectly paid less over the past decade. The origins of these underpayments, which total...

SSA to correct underpayments with $900 million distribution

Keeping up with rising home energy costs can be tough, especially when household bills, like electric and groceries, continue to increase. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, average energy prices were 29.9% greater in June 2024 compared to June 2020. Caring.com reveals that this, combined with other rising expenses, leaves many low- and moderate-income seniors as well as those on fixed incomes struggling to cover costs. Caring.com reveals that this, combined with other rising expenses, leaves many low- and moderate-income seniors as well as those on fixed incomes struggling to cover their household expenses.

Energy assistance benefits for seniors

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will start issuing benefits for August on August 1. Depending on your state, payments will either be distributed in a single batch or spread out throughout the month, with amounts reaching up to $3,487. August Payment Schedule by State. According to Okdiario, SNAP benefits…

$3,487 in SNAP Benefits: Find Out When Your State Will Pay in August!

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Some Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients may be at risk of losing their benefits once new rules go into effect. SNAP helps to support some American households to get nutritious food from grocery stores in their neighborhoods or online.

SNAP Benefits Work Requirements Changing: What Recipients Need to Know

New Jersey State

Upworthy

Public discourse about minimum wage and living wages has been ongoing for years, with people debating whether the government should mandate a minimum hourly pay for workers.  President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the first federal minimum wage law in 1938, setting the lowest wage a worker could be paid at 25 cents per hour. Nearly a century later, the federal minimum wage is $7.25/hr, holding steady since 2009, with people lobbying to raise it to at least $15/hr for over a decade. However, in addition to federal law, each state has its own laws, a handful of which establish a state minimum wage higher than $15, a handful of which don't have a set minimum wage at all and everything in between.Cost of living has also been a hot topic as inflation has squeezed everyone's wallets and certain cities and states have become utterly unaffordable, especially for people in low-wage jobs or who who are just starting out in their careers. So how do minimum wage and cost of living correlate state-by-state? Are there any sweet spots with a high(er) minimum wage and low(er) cost of living? 

6 states where the minimum wage and cost of living offer the best bang for your buck

Scripps News

Vice President Kamala Harris announced a proposal that would greatly increase the child tax credit. Learn why time is of the essence for both presidential tickets.

VP Harris proposes expanding child tax credit up to $6,000 per kid

Hawaii State

According to Newsweek The U.S. Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has announced new maximum payment amounts for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, effective from October 2024. These changes will apply across 49 states and U.S. territories, with the exception of one state where benefits will decrease. The updated maximum benefit amounts will remain in effect through the 2025 fiscal year until the next Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) is set for 2026.

New SNAP Benefit Maximums Announced for October 2024

Supplements Security Income recipients have already received their payment for the month of August, but there's another one on the way before the month is up. The payment timetables can be affected by what day of the week a typical payment date falls on, and that's what's happening this time. We'll explain. Also, if you didn't know, you might be getting a boost to the amount of money in your checks later this year.

Two SSI Payments Are Coming Your Way in August. Here's Why

Starting next month, changes will be noticeable in the monthly benefit distribution schedule for Social Security beneficiaries, especially those dependent on Supplemental Security Income (SSI). These adjustments mean recipients may receive payments earlier or later than they typically expect. As a result, it’s vital that all SSI beneficiaries adapt their budgeting strategies to accommodate these changes.

Adjustments to social security payment schedule incoming

SINGAPORE — The Lion City is set to launch an unemployment support scheme for workers who have been laid off or are involuntarily unemployed. The country's prime minister, Lawrence Wong, made the announcement during his National Day Rally speech, in which he spoke of Singapore's economy, education and housing policies.

In major policy shift, Singapore announces unemployment support scheme

Without the help of a talk show host and a large studio audience, Gypsy Rose Blanchard is taking a paternity test to determine who the father of her baby is – her estranged husband Ryan Scott Anderson, or her boyfriend Ken Urker. Although she is pretty confident that Urker...

Gypsy Rose Blanchard Taking Paternity Test to Determine Baby’s Father

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is making changes to its payment schedule for August and September. This will affect millions of Americans who rely on Social Security benefits, particularly those receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Typically, SSI benefits are paid on the first of each month. However, when the first...

Early SSI payments scheduled for August

Tampa, FL

New York Post

A Florida gastroenterologist has been disciplined after two recent colonoscopy procedures went awry on his watch, including at least one where he couldn’t hear an improperly-sedated patient’s screams because he wasn’t wearing his hearing aids.

Dr. Ishwari Prasad, 84, has been placed on probation by the Florida Board of Medicine after the botched procedures, according to a state Department of Health administrative complaint viewed by USA Today.

Both colonoscopies took place on June 5 last year at the Tampa Ambulatory Surgery Center.



During the first, Prasad is said to have “improperly delegated” medical tasks to a surgical tech who did not have a...

Florida doc, 84, couldn’t hear colonoscopy patient screaming in agony because he wasn’t wearing his hearing aids: complaint

Colorado State

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A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

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DCFS Opens SUN Bucks Applications for Phase 3

BATON ROUGE, La. - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) announced the opening of the Phase 3 SUN Bucks application period on August...

DCFS Opens SUN Bucks Applications for Phase 3

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