Income and Poverty

Texas Public Radio’s Gaige Davila has more on new data indicating the backlog of immigration cases in the U.S. is at its highest in the country’s history. KERA’s Elena Rivera explains a new report finds Texans with mental health diagnoses struggle to find and afford treatment.

Compared to other metropolitan areas, food in Lubbock is more affordable. However, that does not change the fact that some people are geographically removed from places that sell nutritious food.

Texas voters will decide on 14 propositions that could change the state’s constitution. One item will include the creation of a Broadband Infrastructure Fund, our reporter Brad Burt has more on how that could help the more than 40,000 west Texans without high-speed internet. And new U.S. Department of Agriculture data shows Texas has the second highest rate in the nation of people struggling to put food on the table. KERA's Christopher Connelly reports only Arkansas has a bigger portion of its population facing hunger.

Many Lubbockites make more than minimum wage, but that doesn’t mean it’s enough to pay the rent.

Pandemic-era benefits improved financial stability. Still, many families have a hard time getting by.