Nearly 44,000 first-generation and low-income students no longer receive assistance with financial aid, tutoring, campus ...

Many households don't take advantage of these benefits simply because they don't realize they exist.

At a time of rising income inequality, advocates worry that a convergence of developments will make it even harder to go to ...

If I were to get pregnant, I would know just where to go for help: the local offices of Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), the federally funded food and nutrition program; Planned Parenthood; and the ...

Chicago electric company ComEd has launched a new program designed to reduce costs for low-income customers. The Low-Income Discount program will provide price breaks starting Jan. 1, 2026, to ...

The state’s Public Service Commission commits only 30 percent of the funding that goes into energy saving programs to low- and moderate- income New Yorkers. The rest will be earmarked for residential ...

For the first time, low-income Marylanders will be able to get a discounted electricity and gas rate from utilities, lowering their bills without the need for outside grants or refunds, under a ...

Some relief is on the way for low-income consumers facing high utility bills — but not for at least several months. Customers of Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. and other Maryland utilities who qualify ...