Missoula
The first rule of politics, they say, is to show up. I spent last weekend obeying that rule.
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A direct cash assistance program for low-income single mothers is expanding to include dozens more families after receiving an anonymous $1.47 million donation. Project Home Trust, started in 2024 by Portland-based nonprofit Project Home, is currently helping its third cohort of families, with 50 mothers and their children in three counties receiving monthly direct cash […]
Louisiana
Louisiana has the highest rate of poor military veterans in the nation with more than 22,000 former service members living below the poverty line, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau and Veterans Administration data. The analysis from Vettory.org, an information platform for veterans and low-income households, found 8.1% of Louisiana’s estimated 278,000 veterans […]
Missoula
Montana tourism continues to thrive this summer. In July visitor spending in Whitefish alone reached a record $15.65 million. In the hope of sparing some other unsuspecting visitor my pain, I share my last tourist experience there.
New Jersey
Food insecurity nearly doubled in New Jersey between 2020 and 2024, according to a new analysis of federal data by the nonprofit Feeding America.
States Newsroom
Maine continues to have the highest rate of food insecurity among children in New England, according to the latest data from national nonprofit Feeding America in its annual “Map the Meal Gap” report and data collection. That means that 20.7% of Maine children, or roughly one in five, were food insecure in 2024. It’s the […]
New Hampshire
Child food insecurity in New Hampshire grew by more than 6% from 36,160 children in 2023 to 38,430 in 2024, the national nonprofit Feeding America found in its annual “Map the Meal Gap” report and data collection. That means 15.5%, or roughly 1 in 6, Granite State children were food insecure in 2024. Because of […]
Ohio
A Florida congressman said last month that forcing tens of thousands of Haitians to return to the violence-ravaged country will actually help it. But a humanitarian worker on the ground in the nation’s capital said it will only make a dire situation much worse — in multiple, mutually reinforcing ways. And that’s aside from what […]
Missoula
In the three-ring circus of Montana’s current senate race, the Republican candidate’s messaging reflects a philosophy ascribed to P.T. Barnum: “There’s a sucker born every minute.”
Commentary
Just over a year after passage of the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA), Michigan families are feeling its harm. The federal megabill cuts billions of dollars in food assistance and healthcare for struggling households to give further tax breaks to the ultrawealthy. While good jobs remain hard to come by in Michigan and […]
