WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed to pass a funding package that includes the Department of Homeland Security, paving the way toward a partial shutdown of the federal government this weekend. A ...

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WREX) — Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara is sharing major concerns surrounding Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker's State of the State Address. These stem from the Local Government ...

Discover the extraordinary life of poet, philosopher and music visionary Sun Ra. With his ever-evolving collective, the Sun Ra Arkestra, he self-produced more than 200 albums, stretching the ...

Santa Clara County will have to eliminate 365 positions due to federal funding cuts, county leaders said. The staffing reductions come despite a voter-approved $300 million in local funding to blunt ...

As the multiyear surface transportation legislation takes shape in Congress this year, communities want more control over which projects get funded. Locally owned roads comprise 43% of the Federal-Aid ...

Most of the positions being cut are in health care, but the county said 300 of the eliminated positions were vacant. The other 65 affected employees were able to transfer to other positions. "We want ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Florida House and Senate budgets are $1.4 billion apart, and critical funding for two Northeast Florida museums is caught in the mix. Each chamber is proposing at least a ...

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Lawmakers introduced the BASICS Act as IIJA approaches expiration, aiming to send more transportation funding directly to cities and counties. The bill prioritizes deficient locally owned bridges and ...

In an event at Chattanooga City Hall, local leaders gathered to thank U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (TN-03), Chairman of the Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, "for his successful efforts to ...

Southeast Iowa Union offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Over the past several weeks, I’ve had the privilege of traveling across Southeast Iowa to meet ...

Farmer's Cone Creamery offers local ice cream with support from the Essex Food Hub. Photo courtesy of Kelsey Foster Photography. Think about the first lick of an ice cream cone on a hot summer day: ...