The current discussion of funding for SNAP has ignored the role of West Virginia and John F. Kennedy in formation of the ...

Long Island's two major food banks teamed up Monday to distribute food to federal workers who have been working without ...

As the government shutdown continues, unpaid air traffic controllers face staffing shortages that are causing flight delays ...

Former Newton Mayor Setti Warren is being remembered as a joyous presence who infused the often cynical business of politics ...

The first popularly elected African American mayor in Massachusetts, he later ran for U.S. Senate and governor of the state.

Martha Layne Collins, who as the only woman to serve as governor of Kentucky revolutionized the state’s economy by landing Toyota Motor Manufacturing, died at 3 a.m. Saturday in Lexington.

DOLLARS AND SENSE — Democrats on Beacon Hill are adamant they can’t fill the holes the feds are blowing in their budget plans ...

Significant numbers of flight delays and cancellations continue to affect airports nationwide, amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

If the government doesn’t open in the next week or two, we’ll look back as these were the good days, not the bad days,” ...