Gov. Josh Stein announced this week the approval of North Carolina's proposal to expand high-speed internet across the state.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The government-funded Home Energy Assistance Program (H.E.A.P.) has returned, just as the weather gets colder. Originally set to reopen at the start of November, the program was ...

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Federal funding that millions of Americans use to help pay their heating bills in the winter is arriving weeks behind schedule due to disruptions from the government shutdown, which ended earlier this ...

When Lee Harris’ SNAP benefits didn’t come through on Nov. 11, he was forced to get creative. Having already exhausted the family’s October benefits, the 34-year-old stay-at-home dad in Little Rock, ...

The Federal Communications Commission announced they are revoking California’s “opt‑out” status from the federal Lifeline Program, citing the state’s recent law prohibiting the collection of Social ...

THERE’S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AS TEMPS DROP. LOCAL OIL COMPANIES ARE ALREADY FEELING THE FIRST WAVE OF CALLS. MANY CUSTOMERS RELY ON FUEL ASSISTANCE TO GET THROUGH THE WINTER. KEVIN D’AMELIO, OWNER ...

President Donald Trump signed legislation late Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Under the bill, multiple agencies and programs will be funded for the entire fiscal ...

The federal government shutdown is over, but for hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans, relief remains out of reach for energy assistance. State officials say the federally funded program could take up ...

Lawmakers reauthorized the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program as part of the deal to reopen the federal government, but funding remains an open question. The end of the longest federal ...