Many welfare programs give greater benefits to unmarried individuals than to a married couple of otherwise identical income. The resulting marriage penalty discourages marriage and rewards single ...

In an interview with 24/7 Wall St., Tracy Gordon, senior fellow at the nonpartisan think tank Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, explained how welfare generally works in the United States. While ...

While Congress is moving full-steam ahead on tax reform, President Donald Trump said earlier this month that welfare reform will be one of the next big items on the White House agenda. "We’re looking ...

Speaking at a promotional event in Missouri on Wednesday, the president announced that after overhauling the tax code and health-care system, he intends to “go into welfare reform.” After decades of ...

The gap between the number of eligible Americans and those who actually receive public assistance benefits often comes down to the administrative burdens posed by state and federal bureaucracies.

Large-scale government program fraud, like the massive “Feeding Our Future” scandal that shook Minnesota, or the latest child ...

House Republicans are pushing to reassert work requirements across a swath of federal welfare programs to curb wasteful spending and fill job openings in the economy. Republicans have introduced ...

Last year marked the 20th anniversary of welfare reform, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. This law was historic because for the first time in modern history, a social ...

They received millions of dollars, but where are the children at this day care center (daytime care facility)?” (YouTuber ...

Scammers have vacuumed billions out of Minnesota’s lavish human-services spending, and New York social programs are likely ...