A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.

This week on Texas Matters: How the Trump administration is watering down FEMA. The prison system's compassionate release program is called a "failure." The threat to mail access to the abortion pill. And Texas is preparing to go all in on ocean desal.

Letter carriers across the San Antonio area spent Saturday collecting food donations as part of the annual Stamp Out Hunger drive, which aimed to collect 500,000 pounds of food.

Texas leads the nation in utilities shutting off electricity and natural gas services to customers who can't afford their energy bills, according to a report released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Over 2.5 million grandparents in the U.S. are primary caregivers for their grandchildren. This is a growing trend driven by parental addiction, incarceration, mental health issues, neglect, and financial instability. This "grandfamily" phenomenon often leaves seniors managing financial, legal, and health challenges with little to no support.

Around 700 families who had pre-registered lined up in the parking lot of Boeing Tech Port Arena.

As buying a home has become out of reach for so many, some families are having to rent to maintain shelter. But in Texas it's become easier for tenant families to be evicted. A new law, SB 38, empowered property owners to expel “squatters” and also weakened rights of renters.

A one-night count earlier this year found that there were over 3,600 homeless in San Antonio.

Residents in unincorporated areas are ineligible for city housing assistance.

As a growing number of people are caught in the affordability crisis, they are turning to selling their blood plasma to make ends meet. That plasma is used to make many lifesaving medications but are the donors being fairly compensated? We take a look at how the international blood plasma economy works and why Texas is the leading source for plasma.