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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for Community-Led Infrastructure Project in Wyoming as Part of the Investing in America Agenda

The Biden administration announced Monday it’s launching a new initiative to improve cancer outcomes in low-income communities. The administration is funneling $50 million to the new effort, dubbed the Persistent Poverty Initiative, which will be evenly distributed to five cancer research centers with the goal of addressing the “structural and institutional factors of persistent poverty”…

The administration awarded $50 million to launch the Persistent Poverty Initiative to alleviate the effects of persistent poverty on cancer outcomes.

Many residents of downtown and southeast Fort Wayne are in “persistent poverty,” a new Census Bureau study shows.

Many residents of downtown and southeast Fort Wayne are in “persistent poverty,” a new Census Bureau study shows.

A new report from the U.S. Census Bureau says that eleven counties in West Virginia are in persistent poverty, but what exactly does that mean?

THE Westminster government makes much of its “levelling up” agenda. Excuse my default cynicism, but they must be having us on. Leopards and…

Regional planners and transit providers are hoping to get more than half a million dollars in federal grant money to help upgrade bus stops in areas of Fayetteville, Springdale and Rogers that are deemed to be "areas of persistent poverty" based on census data.

A $200,000 federal grant to the city of Willmar will be used to complete a citywide Safety Action Plan to address safety, accessibility and equity concerns throughout the city’s transportation system.

WASHINGTON -- The White House has announced that $1.5 billion in grant funding will be made available to communities around the country to help shore up