Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Head Start, a free learning program for children from low-income families, is next on the chopping block as the government ...

Home repair and improvement can cost up to thousands of dollars–the kind of money most people don’t have. Fortunately, there are various government programs designed to help people with these. They ...

Weaponizing fraud and using it as a pretext to take funds away from states will destabilize their programs and ultimately take health care from people who can least afford it.

With energy costs continuing to rise as part of a higher overall cost of living, many Americans are struggling to keep up with utility bills. A recent Payless Power study of more than 1,000 people, ...

Federal housing programs have picked up where they left off after President Donald Trump signed a bill ending the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. The government's new funding agreement ...

Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation's neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown, leaving many ...

There have been rumors for weeks that there will be some sort of government payment for farmers — especially soybean farmers — impacted by a trade war started by our government. Of course, it's hard ...

We do not fully appreciate the impact the federal government has on our daily lives. As the government shutdown continues, we are beginning to feel the effects of not having government assistance. In ...