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With a variety of ingredients from across the region, making a pot of gumbo can illustrate a lot of the ways inflation impacts the average grocery shopper.
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The U.S. economy had a strong year, but more people found themselves in line at their local food pantry due to inflation and a weakened social safety net.
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Dollar General opens about three locations a day. Advocates against the rapid expansion released a four-step guide for keeping stores from opening.
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Iowa’s top-producing egg industry still recovering, rippling consumers
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As payments roll in, guaranteed income recipients reflect on their lives “If I didn’t have that money, then I know I’d be tons, tons more stressed now.”
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Louisiana families that qualify for federally-funded cash assistance will receive twice as much money in 2022, officials said, marking the state’s first benefits increase in more than 20 years.
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Updates to SNAP, TANF and the Child Tax Credit have helped families in the Gulf South, but not everyone has been able to access the improved benefits.
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Southern ports report higher traffic, but problems on the ground keep them from being a true solution to the supply chain tangle.
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Experts say trucking can lift women out of poverty, but barriers like lack of access to child care keep them out.
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The vote on whether or not to unionize the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. may seem like a once-in-a-lifetime chance for a big union win in the South.…