Food assistance funding cliff approaching as shutdown persists
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — U.S. Senate Democrats urged Republican leaders Wednesday to pass a bill to extend critical food assistance for the most vulnerable...
How to help those impacted by Hurricane Melissa
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a devastating Category 5 storm, tied for the strongest landfalling Atlantic hurricane in history. The...
Sen. Jon Ossoff gambles on shutdown to save health subsidies as reelection bid looms
ATLANTA (AP) — There may be no rank-and-file Democratic senator with more at stake from the federal government shutdown than Georgia's Jon Ossoff.
He is...
Democratic AGs, governors sue Trump over SNAP benefits as shutdown hits day 28
(States Newsroom) — A coalition of Democratic state officials sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking a federal judge to force the release of food...
US Senate again rejects bill ending shutdown, as air traffic controllers miss paychecks
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The U.S. Senate Tuesday failed for the 13th time to advance a stopgap spending bill that would fund the government...
Georgia panel raises state park fees with additional price hikes in the works
(Georgia Recorder) — The Georgia Board of Natural Resources has voted in favor of a plan to increase parking pass rates at state parks,...
Trump claims immunity, seeks to erase felon status with appeal in NY court
(States Newsroom) — President Donald Trump sought to remove his status as the only felon to be elected president by appealing his conviction on...
Pressure builds on Congress to end the shutdown, but a quick breakthrough appears unlikely
WASHINGTON (AP) — The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is gaining new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the...
Thousands of preschoolers could lose access to Head Start due to shutdown
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued Monday without an end...
Georgia Democrats call on governor to use state funds to keep food benefits flowing...
(Georgia Recorder) — The political fallout from the ongoing federal government shutdown continued Monday in Georgia, as Democrats pushed to protect America’s largest food...
Upcoming federal food assistance pause intensifies shutdown fight
WASHINGTON (States Newsroom) — The stakes of the ongoing government shutdown rose Monday as the U.S. Department of Agriculture doubled down on its position...
Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica and threatens to be the island’s strongest recorded...
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa intensified into a Category 5 storm Monday as it drew closer to Jamaica, where forecasters expected it to...