COVID-19

Emergency allotments that took effect in 2020 for those receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits will end next month. Many expect the decrease will be especially challenging for low-income families.

With the end of pandemic-era housing programs, evictions are up, which is causing a growing public health crisis.

Despite a spike in deaths from COVID-19 and fewer births, recent research suggests rural counties saw population growth during the first year of the pandemic. Remote work opportunities could have contributed to more people moving to scenic rural destinations.

Journalists and experts discuss the latest news, including new vaccine research, a bill concerning gender identity in schools, the governor's renewed push for private school scholarships and more.

In January, $600 checks are headed to eligible frontline farmworkers and meatpacking workers for expenses incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Experts say respiratory virus season has started earlier than usual and has been particularly severe for children.

An activist group claims Johnson County left the Congolese community out of its COVID pandemic assistance program. But that’s not the whole story.

Mindy Brashears, the former head of the USDA's agency overseeing meatpacking plants, has been largely quiet about her agency’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, in exclusive interviews, she addresses the criticism the USDA put food production over worker safety.

West Liberty has seen three resignations in as many months, and now the city's ARPA funded direct assistance program is facing pushback.

Many children from toddlers to teens are dealing with social and emotional challenges because the pandemic. This hour we’ll talk about how kids have been affected and how kids, parents, teachers and caregivers are coping.