The picture keeps getting worse. The difference between Democrats and Republicans on the issue: Republicans say let's do something; Democrats say let's do nothing. House Republicans have put forward ...

Work improves lives. We in the Midwest know this is true. In the last few decades, the Midwest has been a case study in the effectiveness of work requirements in welfare to create opportunity, ...

Amid negotiations over lifting the nation’s debt limit, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., offered his take on the merits of tying federal safety net assistance programs to work requirements.

Work requirements for those on welfare will be on the ballot in Wisconsin, the state that established a national model for welfare reform in the 1990s. The ballot advisory question comes in the midst ...

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 ...

As Republicans and Democrats in Congress continue negotiating and debating over the debt ceiling, the subject of work requirements for government assistance has returned to the spotlight. 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 ...

One of the key sticking points in the negotiations over raising the debt ceiling centered upon work requirements for welfare. On one side, Republicans sought to enact work requirements for able-bodied ...

Would we really risk the catastrophe of a debt default because we think that some citizens who are receiving food stamps may not be working hard enough? It appears that we would: One of the puzzling ...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said stricter work requirements for welfare recipients are a nonnegotiable condition for raising the debt limit Tuesday, days after President Joe Biden ...