While Social Security checks, mail and student loan bills will still be delivered, millions of workers are still set to suffer financial hardship.

Wednesday marks the beginning of a new federal fiscal year, but without a federal budget passed by Congress and no agreement on a short-term funding bill, it appeared agencies would begin the new ...

U.S. Sens. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Mark Warner of Virginia, and Andy Kim of New Jersey have introduced the Yes in God’s Back Yard (YIGBY) Act, new legislation designed to help faith-based organizations ...

The shutdown is the result of a failure for Republicans and Democrats to agree on passing a new funding bill. Both chambers of the U.S. Congress is controlled by Republicans, but the U.S. Senate is ...

US housing affordability has declined sharply over the past decade and relaxing land-use regulations could go a long way toward helping address America’s housing crunch, according to Goldman Sachs ...

Projects are already underway. US farmers discover entirely new way to make money on their land: 'We understand long-term stewardship' first appeared on The Cool Down.

A new Arizona law requires public schools in the state to enforce stricter phone-use policies and limit student access to the internet and social media starting beginning this school year. Gov. Kate ...