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Even in the digital era, most of our communication at work remains text-based. We exchange documents and emails, we message each other and we chat to our AI agents. But what if we want to communicate ...

When food stamp benefits faced a cutoff, nonprofit groups and local governments filed lawsuits, winning court orders requiring the resumption of payments. And when military troops risked having to ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Education, child care and nutrition services for tens of thousands of young American children will begin to be cut off on Saturday, as Republicans and Democrats in ...

Kids enjoying playground fun and making new friends at Woodland Early Learning Center, in a provided photo. Caleb Kemboi / Educational Opportunities for Children and Families The families of 186 ...

Head Start could face further disruptions in November if the government is not reopened, according to the National Head Start Association (NHSA). The federally funded program provides early childhood ...

WASHINGTON — The government shutdown has hit day 21 after the Senate failed to advance a House-backed deal for the 11th time. Vulnerable families must brace themselves for a possible pause on two ...

Logan Allec, CPA is the founder, owner and president of tax relief services company Choice Tax Relief, which serves clients nationwide. Every day, my staff and I interact with business owners burdened ...

A technology outage has hobbled the state agency that manages Louisiana's TOPS scholarship and college-savings programs, which could cause payment delays, the agency said Thursday. The Louisiana ...

Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal at aniloza.16. Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she ...

The federal government has denied New York City’s application for Head Start funding for the next five years, according to an internal memo Wednesday obtained by the Daily News. In the email to ...

The city’s Head Start preschool programs will not be required to close this school year, but the change injected fresh uncertainty into an unsettled early childhood system. By Troy Closson New York ...