Millions of low-income earners are cobbling together multiple income streams to cope with high prices. A Washington Post report based on January BLS data concludes that the share of employed ...

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Lower-income U.S. households are cutting back on eating out, travel, and pantry staples like diapers, soda, and beer, as U.S. tariffs on imports are set to push prices even higher, said executives ...

The metro area that includes Vancouver has a smaller percentage of affordable homes for extremely low-income households than the Seattle-metro area, according to a recent report.

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