Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy Jr. has agreed to lift a hiring freeze at the World Trade Center Health Program, restoring the compensation fund for 9/11 survivors and first ...

BANGOR, Maine — Gov. Janet Mills paid a visit to Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor on Friday to sign the state's supplemental budget into law. "It is a full and complete supplemental budget ...

The budget proposes no new construction projects for fiscal 2027 but would maintain steady funding for permitting. The Trump administration has proposed a 36 percent cut to the Army Corps of Engineers ...

The move is part of $700 million in proposed program cuts, resulting in a net funding reduction of about $360 million. The budget also projects eliminating some 860 positions. CISA Budget White House ...

President Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments ...

President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. The president’s budget, released Friday, states that the Low Income Home Energy ...

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (WDEF) Tennessee food banks and local farmers are urging lawmakers to bring back funding for the Farm-to-Food Bank program, which helps put fresh, local food on tables while ...

Efforts to study, prepare for and address climate change have taken a major hit. But a few programs are hanging on thanks to bipartisan support. By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington President ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Gov. Maura Healey’s move to sunset a program that helps people reenter society after prison is “outrageous” and “insulting,” according to criminal justice reform activists. The ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (LEX 18) — The latest version of the Kentucky state budget could effectively wipe out Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Program in the state, a book-gifting initiative that has mailed ...

LINCOLN — A new amendment to the Nebraska state budget eliminates a $3.5 million “bridge” program to use state dollars to offset attendance costs at private K-12 schools, possibly ending the fight for ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...