EASTHAMPTON – A plan to restore the second floor of the former town hall into a space that can be used for concerts, theater ...

On February 25, the House Appropriations Committee opened its portal for members of Congress to submit Community Project Funding requests for ...

U.S. Sen. Ed Markey made a stop at Easthampton’s CitySpace during a March 7 visit to Western Massachusetts to officially ...

troubled children, wrote a letter to Ron Wyden, the Democratic senator who represents the charity’s home state. Several months later, the organization received $100,000. The money came after Mr. Wyden ...

A $1 million earmark that would fund the renovation of an LGBTQ community center in Pennsylvania was stripped from the six-bill spending package under consideration this week after backlash from ...

Two Greater Cincinnati congressmen made some out-of-character decisions when it comes to earmark money this year.

but many groups fail to grasp the finer points of lobbying or the types of projects that lawmakers find attractive, lobbyists and experienced fund raisers say. Among the key elements that tend to make ...

Michigan bills to increase transparency for budget earmarks are heading to the full state Senate after they advanced out of committee Tuesday. The package would require lawmakers to publicly list any ...

JEFF Flake, a 44-year-old third-term Republican congressman from Mesa, Ariz., last week burnished his credentials as "Miss Uncongeniality" in the House of Representatives. He introduced 12 amendments ...

Problem definition: Charities face tension when deciding whether to earmark donations, that is, allow donors to restrict the use of their donations for a specific purpose. Research shows that ...

Hodes, a junior member who is running in a tight race for Senate, is putting pressure on Democratic leaders by circulating a letter among colleagues asking them to support a ban on all earmarks and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Conservative backlash to an earmark for a Somali-led organization in Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Minnesota district is creating a ...