WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that aims to add and strengthen work requirements for public assistance and other welfare programs. The order, signed in ...

In the U.S., the so-called “moral imperative” to work is bumping up against a less romantic reality: wages that lag behind inflation and benefits that, ironically, make not working a more rational ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week’s best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. The House’s big, beautiful budget bill is bigger than it is beautiful, so it’s worth noting the ...

Without a waiver, able-bodied adults would have to work at least 20 hours a week or spend the equivalent amount of time in a workforce development program. Until the requirement is met, benefits would ...

Republicans have provided two rationales for the cuts in federal safety-net programs they are proposing to pay for the tax cuts and boosts in defense and border-security spending in Trump’s Big ...

Congressional Democrats predictably are railing against the proposed work requirement for Medicaid recipients – a component of the “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” sent to Congress by President Trump and ...

Wisconsin has announced that significant reforms of its statewide food benefits program have led to nearly 15,000 gaining meaningful employment, joining a national trend toward putting more food stamp ...

Once upon a time, “work for welfare” was a pretty accepted notion. In 1996, Bill Clinton signed a strict workfare bill, which was so popular that it helped him get reelected. A Brookings Institute ...

Usually, the local chamber of commerce is trying to bring businesses to people. However, one area chamber also works to bring people to businesses. The Durham Chamber of Commerce has added a local ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act aims to connect welfare to work requirements. The bill implements the first federal work requirement for Medicaid, impacting able-bodied adults without children or with ...