The government is shut down, and kids are paying the price. As the federal shutdown approaches 1 month, we can no longer hide the effects on children’s health. Suspending national funds has imperiled ...

A full federal government shutdown, our first since 2018, is now a reality. Legislators have yet to agree to pass any of the 12 appropriations bills that make up the federal discretionary spending ...

More than 65,000 Head Start children and their families are at risk of losing access to critical services if the ongoing federal government shutdown persists, according to a statement released by the ...

A federal government shutdown threatens funding for Head Start preschool programs in New Bedford. If the shutdown continues past Oct. 31, busing for Head Start children will cease, impacting families ...

When the federal government shut down in the middle of October, the Trump administration made an unusual — and likely illegal — move: It effectively shut down the Office of Special Education Programs ...

As Congress struggles to pass a budget to avoid a shutdown, what actually happens if a shutdown goes through? As Congress struggles to pass a budget to avoid a shutdown, what actually happens if a ...

Audrey Murray is losing sleep over the government shutdown that could soon derail her paychecks. Murray, 65, has worked as a cleaner at the Smithsonian Museum of American History for nearly three ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. As debate of the budget moves into the evening hours, the setting sun illuminates North ...

Jill Hornick, a 59-year-old service representative at a Social Security Administration field office in Illinois, would normally have received her latest paycheck on Friday. Instead, she was last paid ...