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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% ...

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 ...

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 ...

When Texas chose a company to roll out the state’s $1 billion private school voucher program, it passed over more established vendors in favor of a four-year-old tech startup that said it could do it ...

READING, Pa. - Parking in any city can be a headache. In Reading, some say it's almost impossible to keep from getting ticketed in certain areas. Right now, the Parking Authority is running its ...