Poverty

Nearly a quarter of Gadsden County residents don't know where their next meal is coming from. Leon County is close behind with 22 percent of residents...

Governor Rick Scott signed off Thursday on a measure designed to eradicate so-called “food deserts.”

Failure to pay traffic fines or child support. The reasons for suspending a driver’s license in Florida are piling up and Senate transportation chairman...

Florida is getting a big bonus this year. The federal government is rewarding the state for being efficient and accurate when it comes to giving out food…

Florida has the country’s eighth-highest rate of income inequality. New analysis from Pew Trusts’ news service, Stateline, shows only six states and the…

People in Moore Haven in Glades County have been living without a grocery store for several months after losing their only one late last year. Moore Haven…

"Food deserts" are a hot topic among nutritionists They're areas where fresh, healthy foods can be hard to come by -- and they're are all over Florida.…

Legislation filed at the capitol this week would create a dedicated funding source to deal with homelessness in Florida. The Sunshine State has the…

Towards the end of his life, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his time organizing the "Poor People's Campaign." It worked to achieve economic justice and…

It was fifty years ago that President Lyndon Johnson declared a war on poverty in America.Florida US Senator Marco Rubio says it hasn't worked, despite…