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“Since 2022, the average overdue balance on utility bills climbed 32%, to nearly $800 today,” said Julie Margetta Morgan, president of the Century Foundation.

Utility costs are going up for U.S. households

With heat and electricity bills on the rise, many households are falling behind on payments, according to a new analysis by progressive nonprofits Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers.
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It hasn't been easy for cleaning companies to replace immigrant workers who lost their work permits.

Professional cleaners feel workforce crunch after immigrants lose work permits

Across the Texas workforce, 20% of firms surveyed by the Dallas Fed said immigration policy has already hampered or will hamper both the hiring and retention of immigrant workers this year.
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