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New Yorkers can now apply to HEAP, a federal program that helps low-income households cool their homes each summer. But the initiative’s future is once again uncertain, as the White House looks to ...

New York City announced its first free childcare pilot program for municipal workers on Monday -- another step in Mayor Zohran Mamdani's plan of providing universal childcare. The pilot will include ...

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has promised a free, universal child care system within four years. Credit: Bingjiefu He via Creative Commons One of the campaign promises that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani ...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Central Florida’s construction boom is creating more demand for skilled workers than the industry can currently fill. A new training program launching in Kissimmee aims to help close ...

Florida's Python Elimination Program pays certified hunters to remove the invasive snakes from the Everglades. Burmese pythons have caused a severe decline in native small mammal populations in South ...

The agency still offers a Free File program that works with commercial tax software firms. Some companies also offer free tools for certain filers. By Ann Carrns The federal government tested a free, ...

Only 2% of federal income tax returns were filed through Free File, despite 70% of filers qualifying. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who ...

Alysa Liu finished third in Tuesday’s women’s short program, and will head into Thursday’s free skate program with a chance of winning her first individual Olympic medal. Liu performed a nearly ...

Free File is not Direct File, which the IRS has discontinued for the 2026 tax season. This tax season, according to the IRS, eight private-sector partners are offering guided tax software products ...

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