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Where are Washington’s poorest counties?

Financial website SmartAsset used data to determine the wealthiest and poorest counties in each state. Two counties in ...

The difficult choices faced by residents in one of America's poorest places

McDowell County, West Virginia barely survived coal's collapse and the opioid crisis. Now cuts to food stamps and Medicaid ...

Residents in one of America's poorest counties say they feel abandoned

McDowell County, once the nation's largest coal producer, is now one of the poorest places in the United States. Residents have little faith in the government.

Report finds widening gap in local school funding between NC’s richest and poorest counties

The wealth of a child’s county continues to shape the resources available in that child’s classroom, according to a statewide analysis released Friday. The report also found that the gap between ...