Minnesota welfare fraud investigation expands beyond $1 billion scandal to expose systemic abuse of federal loan programs, ...

In an interview with 24/7 Wall St., Tracy Gordon, senior fellow at the nonpartisan think tank Urban Brookings Tax Policy Center, explained how welfare generally works in the United States. While ...

While Congress is moving full-steam ahead on tax reform, President Donald Trump said earlier this month that welfare reform will be one of the next big items on the White House agenda. "We’re looking ...

Federal policy creates little incentive for states to stop fraud. Fixing that should be the priority, not demonizing Somali ...

State-level social welfare policies may address disparities in arthritis-related joint pain prevalence and education for ...

Many welfare programs give greater benefits to unmarried individuals than to a married couple of otherwise identical income. The resulting marriage penalty discourages marriage and rewards single ...

Large-scale government program fraud, like the massive “Feeding Our Future” scandal that shook Minnesota, or the latest child ...

Even as massive fraud schemes are uncovered in Minnesota, orchestrated primarily by Somali refugees, Democrats are circling ...

Speaking at a promotional event in Missouri on Wednesday, the president announced that after overhauling the tax code and health-care system, he intends to “go into welfare reform.” After decades of ...

Last year marked the 20th anniversary of welfare reform, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. This law was historic because for the first time in modern history, a social ...

Scammers have vacuumed billions out of Minnesota’s lavish human-services spending, and New York social programs are likely ...