As the state and federal budget problems continue, local officials say the impact is more widespread than first thought.On Tuesday, as the Centre County commissioners showed appreciation for caregivers,

The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the country.

State and local government debt surpassed $6. 1 trillion in 2023, according to an analysis by Reason Foundation.

Government contractors often focus on federal procurement opportunities, which are governed by the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)

As a member of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, McClain Delaney said she worked hard to try to ward off any disruption to federal food aid as a result of the shutdown. SNAP is administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

With the shutdown that began Wednesday, the federal government will stop providing funding for welfare for needy families and food assistance programs, among many other programs. Residents will look to state and local governments to maintain support, but ...

Iowa anti-hunger advocates said rulings by two federal judges that order the Trump administration to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program using contingency funds during the government shutdown offer some hope,

Critical infrastructure protection today means managing geopolitically driven risk targeting those systems, while modernizing legacy environments that weren’t built with those risks in mind. This is especially true of the power grid, which underpins so much about our way of life.

Massachusetts municipal leaders discussed how to move forward with climate resilience goals despite headwinds from the Trump administration.