Poverty

Medical debt can be debilitating and a recent law in Colorado acknowledges those steep costs. It removes medical debt from Colorado credit reports. Today on In The NoCo, we learn about this pioneering new law.

New data shows that nearly 1 out of 4 people in the U.S. live in circumstances that make them vulnerable to extreme heat. But some infrastructure changes could offer some hope.

A new report reveals the full picture of correctional control across the United States, including incarceration, probation and parole. Rates of incarceration and supervision vary widely across the Mountain West.

Black and Latino children in Colorado under 18 saw the steepest drops in poverty.

The U.S. Census Bureau released new data Thursday revealing nationwide declines in poverty – and highlights the big disparities that remain among Mountain West states.

The move is not enough to ease widening disparities in certain parts of the region, resort towns in particular, where service workers comprise the backbone of the economy as a constant stream of tourists and wealthy second-home owners drive up the cost of living.

Advocates and social scientists say the extra money will help low and middle-income families recover from the economic impacts wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic and lift millions out of poverty.

A national report on the state of children came out this week from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, based primarily on census data."Big picture, the states…

A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine lays out how to cut child poverty in half in 10 years.

AmeriCorps -- the long-running public service program administered by the federal government -- may be on the chopping block. According to The New York…