Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alabama ranks among the worst states for childhood well-being, clocking in at No. 45 according to a new report from the child ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Thousands of Alabamians live in poverty, and the cycle can be hard to break. A person or family living in poverty lacks resources for a certain standard of living. There are ...

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 ...

Alabama public school students are attending more racially diverse schools than they were 20 years ago, but most Black students are still concentrated in high-poverty schools, according to an analysis ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama has one of the highest rates of poverty in the country. People living in poverty lack certain means to reach a standard of living, as we showed you in Part One of our ...

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 ...

The data, released in the 2024 Alabama Kids Count Data Book, reveals that the child poverty rate has remained stagnant for two decades. While Alabama ranks 39th overall in child well-being, it ranks ...

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 ...

Two Alabama Teens Receive National Recognition for Helping Create & Pass Alabama’s First-Ever Period Poverty Law U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) presented the Engage Woman Award for Non-Profit ...

“My job is to get in the car and drive to every far flung, criss-cross part of Alabama, talking to people about what our hopes are for the future,” Dana Sweeney, the statewide organizer at the Alabama ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALABAMA (WHNT) — “Period Poverty” is a real ...