Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of Americans are sliding toward a financial cliff as the government shutdown stretches into a second month, with four ...

U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) and Debbie Dingell (D-Ann Arbor) have renewed efforts to establish a federal program to ...

The new law will enable taxpayers in most states to direct some of their tax dollars to K-12 scholarships at private schools.

Thousands of people enrolled in short-term, job-focused programs will soon be able to use federal grants to pay tuition, which could reshape how low-income students access higher education and the ...

If the federal government shutdown doesn’t end in the next two days, it will affect not only food benefits for many low-income Ohio families in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP.

The USDA made a change in eligibility requirements that effectively redlines properties in Stanislaus County and much of California.” ...

The Mayors for a Guaranteed Income coalition decried the dismantling of federal aid programs in a news release published on Tuesday. "At a time when key federal aid programs are being dismantled, ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department for Children and Families is awaiting approval of federal funding for its Low Income Energy Assistance Program. The program helps eligible households pay a ...

Low-income college students, whose proportion of enrollment is already dropping, could soon face new obstacles to going to and graduating from college. Credit: Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo The Hechinger ...