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At Building a Rainbow, students learn they don't have to write perfectly, they just have to write. Along the way, they learn ...

Rivian Automotive Inc. posted quarterly revenue that narrowly topped analysts’ expectations, after expiring electric-vehicle tax credits helped boost sales. The company’s revenue hit $1.56 billion for ...

The Senate is on the verge of ending the longest government shutdown in history, but without giving Democrats an extension of ObamaCare’s premium subsidies. A handful of moderate Senate Democrats, as ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Republican leaders will meet to discuss whether to extend the stopgap bill to reopen the government past Nov. 21 as time grows short to hammer out funding for the ...

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed a funding bill Wednesday to end the longest government shutdown in US history, hours after the House of Representatives passed legislation ending the 43-day ...

At the tail end of a 10-hour hearing in February, Department of Housing and Community Development Director Colleen Green faced questions about an essential funding stream for affordable housing ...

YouTube TV will follow through on its promise to reimburse customers in the event of a Disney-related blackout beginning Sunday. The internet company previously pledged to issue $20 credits if ...

Six Hoosier school communities sought to pass referendums in the most recent election. Five succeeded, and one fell short. Yet just a few weeks earlier, postcards went out to constituents all across ...

The end of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is finally in sight, with the House of Representatives set to vote on a federal funding bill later Wednesday evening. House lawmakers are set ...

House Democrats attempted a last-ditch maneuver to secure an extension of COVID-19-era emergency Obamacare subsidies on Monday. Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., took to the floor in a pro forma session asking ...

When the Paramount Theatre learned a few months ago that the city of Aurora was planning to give the organization less funding than expected next year because of a projected budget deficit, theater ...