Last August, Thrive Allen County was awarded an $11.9 million grant to fund a statewide Navigator program over the next five years, designed to enroll otherwise uninsured residents into the Affordable Care Act health insurance…

HUMBOLDT — Things are moving right along at The Growing Place. The daycare and preschool center located in Humboldt continues to work on facility expansion thanks to a pair of grant funding mechanisms. Lately, uncertainty…

Farming in Kansas can be clouded with uncertainty, like harsh weather and limited natural resources. But current funding freezes have added a new variable and left some of them with empty hands. Some farmers have…

​WASHINGTON — A federal judge imposed a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration’s executive order freezing all foreign assistance funding. Judge Amir Ali of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson postponed a vote Wednesday on a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies and programs funded for six months as opposition from both parties thwarted his first attempt…

The curtain will once again be raised in Iola’s downtown historic theater.   The Iola Theatre Association, Inc., a local nonprofit, learned last Wednesday it had been approved for $3.2 million in federal funds made…

Allen County commissioners will send a proposal for a half-cent sales tax increase to Allen County voters this November, approving the measure at their meeting Tuesday. Revenue from the sales tax would be used to…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma virtual school board’s approval of what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional and must be rescinded, the state Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday. The…

WASHINGTON — The federal government has sought to bolster election security for years through a popular grant program, but the wildly fluctuating funding levels have made it difficult for state officials to plan their budgets…

Week two of budget proposals continued for Allen County Commissioners on Tuesday morning. The commission heard from department leaders of the conservation district, Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF), and the Sheriff’s Office as they…