“You vote yes or no. Your taxes don’t change,” said St. Tammany Parish Public Information Officer Michael Vinsanau. “Not a new tax, but you can pay for the services that you expect, that you deserve, ...

For too long, the conversation about education has been framed as one that pits traditional neighborhood schools against ...

President Donald Trump and DOGE are set to gain more control over federal funds with the passage of a continuing resolution ...

Veteran Democrats privately believed Chuck Schumer’s decision on the shutdown was inevitable. Others were ready for the top ...

Congress averted a government shutdown Friday just hours before the funding deadline, after the Senate approved a ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers are proposing to increase the program's funding from $8 million to $14 million per two-year ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Friday issued a blistering statement on how senators should handle a government funding vote that, without naming him, dinged Senate Minority Leader ...

Ten Democrats joined with most Republicans to set up a final vote on the six-month spending measure hours out from the shutdown deadline.

Congress has approved a stopgap bill to fund the federal government through September 30 and avert a shutdown ahead of a ...

Many local food pantry organizers and farmers attending the Chicago Food Justice Summit said there's a sense of panic amid federal funding cuts.

Schumer relented one day after he vowed Senate Democrats would thwart the "partisan" measure, saying the "chaos" of a ...

On Capitol Hill, school leaders advocated to sustain federal funding that helps the most vulnerable students in their schools ...