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Although inflation eased last month, Americans aren’t seeing any relief in the grocery aisle. Food prices jumped 13.1% in July, the biggest one-year increase since March of 1979.  Annual inflation slowed in July to 8.5%, from 9.1% in June, as gasoline prices dropped. But costs for food at home bucked the trend, increasing at a faster rateContinue reading “Fuel prices may be easing, but grocery costs are up the most since 1979”

Some parents and community members are calling for more school district employees to be fired and for the state to raise the minimum age for buying an assault rifle. BY BRIAN LOPEZ AUG. 25, 20226 PM CENTRAL COPY LINK REPUBLISH Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the mostContinue reading ““We’re not done”: Uvalde residents say the fight for accountability won’t stop with Pete Arredondo’s firing”

Music has a way of opening our hearts and helping us feel more connected to others, to ourselves, and to the world around us. As a result, it is a direct line to our emotions and state of being. Consequently, it has been used as a therapeutic intervention since the late 18th century. Dr. Benjamin Rush, aContinue reading “The Healing Power of Music Therapy”

Uvalde school officials have faced mounting pressure to fire Arredondo, who received much of the blame for the delay in confronting the shooter during the May 24 massacre at Robb Elementary. BY BRIAN LOPEZ AND WILLIAM MELHADO  REPUBLISH UVALDE — The Uvalde school board agreed Wednesday to fire Pete Arredondo, the school district police chief broadly criticized forContinue reading “Update: Uvalde school board fires Chief Pete Arredondo over shooting response, after he calls vote a “public lynching””

As more workplaces reopen, most teleworkers say they are working from home by choice rather than necessity Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, roughly six-in-ten U.S. workers who say their jobs can mainly be done from home (59%) are working from home all or most of the time. The vast majority of these workers (83%)Continue reading “COVID-19 Pandemic Continues To Reshape Work in America”

Music is what keeps humans alive. If there were no music, there would be no dancing, no celebrating, and no community. You don’t have to know someone’s language to like a song. Music is a bridge to other people, to the present, and even to the past. Music, specifically older music, connects us to theContinue reading “How Music from the Past Influences Pop Music Today”

Attacks on schools, students and educators are attacks on children’s right to an education – and on their futures. The problem Around the world, attacks on children continue unabated, as warring parties flout one of the most basic rules of war: the protection of children. The protracted nature of conflicts today is affecting the futuresContinue reading “Education under attack”

Although the sudden emergence of monkeypox can be alarming after over two years of living through the COVID-19 pandemic, monkeypox is not a new virus and does not spread in the same way as COVID-19. The table below shows a comparison of monkeypox and COVID-19.   FAQ Monkeypox COVID-19 How widespread is it? Typically found inContinue reading “Monkeypox vs. COVID-19 “

Low- and moderate-income individuals in the Ninth District share their perspectives on increasing prices ederal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis staff held six listening sessions around Minnesota and South Dakota earlier this year to increase our understanding of inflation’s effects on households and communities with limited economic resources. This article highlights what we learned by talkingContinue reading “As inflation rises, low-income households grapple with particular challenges”

The 2022 Poverty Guidelines, commonly referred to as the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), follow in the tables below. Note that these amounts change based on the number of individuals in the household and the state in which one resides. Federal Poverty Levels are used by many assistance programs, including some states’ Medicaid programs, as aContinue reading “2022 Federal Poverty Guidelines / Federal Poverty Levels”