Federal officials announced at the end of June that they planned to withhold $6.8 billion in funding that Congress approved for education. More than half a billion dollars in federal grant money ...

Northern Michigan youth programs are facing uncertainty after the federal government halted funding for the Nita M. Lowey ...

Last week the federal government withheld more than 5- million in Michigan funds through grants for no specific reason. The government said the money is “under review.” Local programs like Traverse ...

A federal decision to pause $5.6 million in 21CCLC grants puts Northern Michigan after-school programs at risk, affecting ...

School districts across the country, including those in the Borderland, are facing potential financial challenges as the U.S. Department of Education reviews se ...

Nita Lowey stayed home for 13 years to raise her children while serving as a PTA president in the Bronx. Then Mario Cuomo gave her a boost.

NEW YORK (PIX11) — Flags were flying at half-staff in New York Monday in honor of former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, who died at age 87 on Saturday following a fight with breast cancer. Lowey was a ...

Former Rep. Nita Lowey, who served the Hudson Valley for 32 years and became the first woman to ever chair the House Appropriations Committee, has died. She was 87. Her family released a statement ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey, a long serving New York Democrat who was the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee, has died. She was 87. Lowey's family ...

Former Rep. Nita Lowey, who served the Hudson Valley for 32 years and became the first woman to ever chair the House Appropriations Committee, has died. She was 87.