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Erie middle school students shared their entrepreneurial ideas for helping the world, including apps to help people stay healthy and restrooms stay clean and a water bottle that comes with storage for ...

Abstract: With energy costs on the rise and with ever growing concern for environmental impact, energy providers and regulatory bodies have been pushing for dynamic energy prices as a means to ...

Erin Dalton, who is starting her job as New York City’s social services chief, laid out her plans to tackle homelessness, benefit cuts and a budget gap in an interview. By Elizabeth A. Harris Erin ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Farmers work on notoriously tight profit margins and the high cost to fuel their equipment is another layer of budgeting they have to think about this planting season. About 20% ...

Taxpayers will shell out more than $36,000 per tot for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s free 2-K pilot program – roughly $13,000 more than the average cost of private child care, city officials acknowledged ...

Transportation to and from work is a real issue for many in York County and Southcentral Pennsylvania. A new commuter vanpool service was unveiled Tuesday, Feb. 24, to bridge the gap to help eliminate ...

A group providing intensive elementary-grade tutoring to North Carolina students says research supports the program's effectiveness and is asking state lawmakers for permanent funding for the program, ...

A new audit from the state comptroller’s office identifies inefficiencies and problems in a key city rental assistance program that drive up costs — potentially complicating Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Due to delays brought on by the Senior Real Estate Property Tax Relief program (SB190), Clay County said many residents received their tax bills later than anticipated. The payment ...

Indonesia’s free meal scheme is in crisis amid food-poisoning outbreaks, accusations of mismanagement and fiscal strain from funding reallocations. Dominated by retired military officers rather than ...