Alabama was ranked 39th for overall child wellbeing in the U.S. in the 2024 Kids Count Data Book that was published this week. While the state has remained stagnant since 2023 across several factors, ...

For 20 years, the percentage of Alabama children living in poverty has remained at about 20%. In 2022, 22% of the about ...

A young mother with a shopping cart grocery shopping for baby products in a supermarket. Census data shows that 41% of Alabama households are struggling to afford everyday expenses, ranking ...

If Kamala Harris wins Tuesday’s election, Alabama will have a champion in the White House for policies that matter in a state plagued by poverty, limited access to medical care, and chronic health ...

Gov. Kay Ivey speaks the release of National Assessment of Educational Progress at Daniel Pratt Elementary School on Jan. 29, 2025 in Prattville. A recent analysis showed that 8th graders are falling ...

MONTGOMERY (AP) — A national poverty reduction expert gave the state kudos for its success in taking steps to help Alabama's impoverished, but she also issued the new Alabama Commission to Reduce ...

Alabama is one of 20 states with a pink tax, which is a tax on feminine products. This presents a financial barrier to a ...

MONTGOMERY — Alabama's poverty rate went down slightly from 2010 to 2011, while the median income in the state went up, according to new U.S. Census data.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - An Alabama group working to address poverty in Alabama is raising concerns about changes to SNAP under President Donald Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ Alabama Arise said they ...

Alabama's overall child well-being ranking dropped to No. 43 in the nation. Child poverty in Alabama remains stagnant at 21%. Alabama's national ranking in overall child well-being fell from 39 to 43 ...

Alabama public school students will soon be taught that their best chance to avoid poverty is a three-pronged formula: Obtain, at a minimum, a high school diploma, find full-time employment and delay ...

Alabama has some of the nation's highest percentages of households struggling to afford everyday expenses, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Household Pulse Survey, which ...