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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The South Lake Tahoe City Council will be meeting on Tuesday, March 12 at 9 a.m. City Council meetings are held in person at 1901 Lisa Maloff Way. Meetings are...

Major pharmaceutical firms are fighting a new federal program that empowers the government to negotiate lower prices for drugs that are widely prescribed in the Medicare system. The Washington Post’s Tony Romm reports Monday that the companies are engaged in a “vigorous legal battle” to undo the new program, which was authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law by President Joe Biden in 2022. Last week, lawyers for four of the companies affected by the new rule...

The state is looking for volunteers to sponsor refugees.

The new website comes in response to legislation enacted over a decade ago to shine a light on the federal government's spending.

Hospital bed shortages mean some who go to the ER can be stuck there for days or weeks. Yet a federal program meant to ease patient boarding is about to lose its funding.

An Omaha lawmaker pushing legislation to force Nebraska to accept federal funds to feed 150,000 at-risk children when schools are closed for summer.

Hospital bed shortages mean some who go to the ER can be stuck there for days or weeks. Yet a federal program meant to ease patient boarding is about to lose its funding.

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The High School Equivalency Program (HEP) at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) has been serving migratory and seasonal farmworkers and their families since 1972, helping those who enroll to obtain the equivalent of a high-school diploma in order to pursue postsecondary education or employment in different fields. […]

Tennessee only plans to participate for one year in a federal program that gives low-income families $40 per child per month to pay for food while school is out, the governor's office said Friday. Tennessee is among 35 states, all five U.S. territories and four tribes that have opted into the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer program, or Summer EBT, for this summer. Officials in President Joe Biden's administration say the money is meant to supplement existing programs during the s...

AUGUSTA, G.A. (WJBF)- Both Governors Brian Kemp and Henry McMaster have opted their respective states out of a federal program designed to help provide food to kids who won’t have access to school lunches during the summer. “In today’s society, 40 dollars is big. Right now, you can’t even go to the grocery store and […]