New federal data shows that poverty among Allen County’s school-age children is rising, even as unemployment remains low and jobs are widely available.

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Butler Hospital workers, including nurses and mental health staff, are on strike due to unfair labor practices. The strike, the longest hospital lockout in Rhode Island history, centers around low ...

"Safety-net programs such as food stamps and tax credits kept poverty from rising even higher in 2010, but for many low-income families with work-related and medical expenses, they are considered too ...