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Congress recently passed over $2 trillion in stimulus spending directed at infrastructure, and many states are following suit, either trying to grab up some of that federal funding or supplementing with their own funds to g...

Personal grants are financial aids provided to people or households for particular needs. The government or non-profit organizations give them to people going through financial struggles. The good thing a...

Starting October 1, 2025, the Social Security Administration (SSA) will stop mailing paper checks to almost all beneficiaries, switching to direct deposit or the Direct Express® prepaid debit card. However, y...

Major League Baseball (MLB) has been considered America's pastime for well over a hundred years. At this point in American life for over a century, the start of May, the league is just getting into full swing, about 30 games into a seaso...

Food insecurity has long been a problem in the United States. Minimum wage does not provide a person with enough money for the essentials of living. If a parent earns minimum wage, they do not have enough money to feed thei...

There's no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the American economy, as well as economies around the world. As businesses were required to shut down by their governments, some businesses have h...

In Boulder County, Colorado, community-based grants set up for the response of the COVID-19 pandemic have mostly been small, one-time amounts. For the local businesses and nonprofits that received these aw...

Schools in Bucks and Montgomery County, PA, have received some safety grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The schools will use the funds to boost their security systems. The funds do not have to be spen...

In many states, recreational cannabis is legal. The state collects taxes on the sales of recreational cannabis. Some states, such as Illinois, are using those tax dollars to help with the war on illegal ...