Mamdani Wants Free Buses for All. The City Council Has Different Ideas.

Rather than making city buses free for all riders, elected officials and transit advocates are pushing to expand a transit ...

Free and fast internet access expanding to NYC affordable housing

Residents at affordable housing complexes are going to get better access to fast internet, Mayor Zohran Mandani announced on ...
WIBW on MSN

City of Topeka announces initiative to increase access to technology

The City launched its latest TSC Get Digital campaign, a broader effort to ensure access to devices, internet services, and ...
Bronx Times

EXCLUSIVE: Mayor Mamdani and Rep. Ritchie Torres announce $2M to expand high-speed internet in The Bronx and Upper Manhattan

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres announced a $2 million federal investment to expand free high-speed ...
AOL

How low-income families can get a free or cheap phone

A prepaid smartphone with any kind of reasonable data plan runs $30 to $60 a month. For a family already stretched thin on groceries and rent, that's a serious bill. And yet, without a working phone, ...
wjla

Need home repairs? New Maryland program gives money to low-income households

NEW CARROLLTON, Md (7News) — The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development announced its Healthy Homes and Production Grant program on Tuesday. The program will provide essential health ...
The Hill

Trump re-ups push to eliminate low-income heating assistance program LIHEAP

President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. The president’s budget, released Friday, states that the Low Income Home Energy ...
New York Post

Advocates push for permanent guaranteed income push for ‘100K eligible Illinoisans’

Guaranteed income advocates in Illinois are pushing to have the state adopt a permanent guaranteed income program, modeled after Cook County’s policy. “Our long-term vision, our North Star, is to win ...
Fox News

Illinois guaranteed income advocates push for permanent statewide cash handout program

Guaranteed income advocates in Illinois are pushing to have the state adopt a permanent guaranteed income program, modeled after Cook County’s policy. "Our long-term vision, our North Star, is to win ...
KRQE Blogs

Governor signs bill to expand low-income households access to high-speed internet in New Mexico

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – On Friday, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham boosted low-income households’ access to affordable, high-speed internet. It’s expected that thousands of families in the state will ...
CNET

The FCC Just Made It Harder to Get Low-Income Internet. Why Critics Are Calling It a 'War on the Poor'

Stricter enrollment requirements will make it more difficult to qualify for this federally funded low-income internet program. State and local resources may help fill the gap. Joe Supan is a senior ...
KOAT Albuquerque

Lawmakers weigh state-funded internet discounts for low-income households

New Mexico lawmakers are considering a proposal to create a state-funded broadband affordability program aimed at helping low-income residents pay for high-speed internet service.The New Mexico Office ...