MADISON (WKOW) -- Democratic lawmakers met at the state Capitol Tuesday to reintroduce a package of bills they say would tackle Wisconsin's workforce shortage and address poverty. Rep. Lisa Subeck and ...

In 2024, the Nebraska Legislature passed LB 840, a bill “to create a comprehensive, statewide poverty elimination action plan.” It started by mandating that Omaha and Lincoln create five-year plans ...

Why a white fast-food worker in Mississippi who never started college is the statistical epitome of a low-wage worker 615_McDonalds_Hiring_Reuters.jpg One in four U.S. workers -- or nearly 40 million ...

The Ignite Nebraska team with a participant of the 10×10 coaching program graduation. From left, Shannon Melton, COO; Lynette Ingram, Navigator III; Joni Wheeler, Ignite NE Founder; Astrid Esculpi, ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The 2025 Workforce Development Guide published in December ...

A new program in Dallas aims to change lives by removing barriers in the workforce. It’s called Workforce Dallas, and it’s starting in some of the city’s ZIP codes most at risk for poverty. The ...

Hundreds of needy people line up around the block to receive food from embattled 14th District Los Angeles City Council member Kevin de León, during a free food distribution outside his council office ...

Since 2017, Wisconsin’s economy has continued to grow, but has done so at a pace that lags much of the country.

Lavida Reaves spent more than a decade working as an early childhood educator at a daycare center, nurturing young minds and bodies day in and day out throughout most of her twenties, while the ...

Portsmouth leaders hope to solve the city’s labor shortage and lift residents out of poverty with a new workforce development center. The city, which has among the highest poverty rates in Hampton ...