Gov. Dan McKee is declaring a state or emergency over the looming expiration of federal food aid during the U.S. government ...

As a committed Democrat, I’m dismayed my party is playing chicken with the food security of 42M Americans. I reject a political gamble that exposes a vulnerable constituency to widespread deprivation ...

Kernen appealed to Welch's "conscience" as a "human being" while accusing Democrats of holding federal workers hostage amid a ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the longer the government stays closed, the more costly the pause will be.

Sarah Ladd, Kentucky Lantern October 28, 2025 Gov. Andy Beshear is one of more than two dozen Democratic state officials who ...

The government shutdown has reached Day 29 and is the second-longest in history. Will the Senate vote today to reopen? What ...

Speaker Johnson refuses to recall the House while Democrats demand ACA subsidy extensions be included in any funding ...

Michigan lawmakers proposed a bill package totaling nearly $1 billion to keep food benefits funded in the state. This comes as the federal government shutdown continues into its fourth week.

The president claimed that the private sector has generated a “record number of jobs” this year. Reality tells a very ...

Democrats might be committing political suicide if they fold without winning meaty concessions on health care.

Senate Democrats appear to be taking a closer look Wednesday at a Republican plan to reopen the government, Sen. John Thune.

Options include calling a special session of the Legislature and tapping the state's $1 billion rainy day fund so roughly 170,000 Mainers don't lose federal food assistance.