A new program designed to turn food scraps into electricity and renewable natural gas that could eventually help power homes in Monterey County launched with a celebratory kickoff this week. Monterey ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The city of Toledo is taking a proactive approach to protect its youngest residents from potential lead exposure in drinking water through a new initiative called “Strong Starts Begin ...

Americans will have one fewer free option to file their taxes in 2026 after the Trump administration killed IRS Direct File. Without it, Direct File supporters said Americans will end up spending more ...

WASHINGTON—The Internal Revenue Service is officially ending Direct File, the free, government-run tax-filing pilot program that the Biden administration started last year. Instead, the Trump ...

Taxpayers in 25 states will need to find a new way to file their taxes in 2026 as the IRS has shut down the free Direct File option. Details are limited, but the IRS has confirmed the program launched ...

The Direct File program was one of the targets of the Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency, under the leadership of billionaire Elon Musk, as soon as the group took over ...

The new program, Direct File, helped low- and moderate-income taxpayers file their returns more easily, and had been expanding. By Tara Siegel Bernard The Internal Revenue Service is shutting down its ...

The IRS ended Direct File, the free, online pilot program that nearly 300,000 taxpayers in 25 states used to file returns for tax year 2024. The IRS website for Direct File says “Direct File is closed ...

The IRS has notified states that offered the free, government tax filing service known as Direct File in 2025 that the program won’t be available next filing season. In an email sent from the IRS to ...

Maddie Hiatt is the senior social media editor at Travel + Leisure. She oversees all of the brand's social platforms and manages the social team. Maddie regularly speaks on panels about the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Federal lawmakers Thursday questioned whether the 340B drug discount program, a federal initiative meant to help hospitals serve low-income patients, is instead boosting hospital ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Tomorrow marks the International Shakeout, when millions of people around the world will hold earthquake drills. In Oregon, the event coincides with a major discovery by local ...