As the government shutdown continues into its second day with no end in sight, agencies are turning to contingency plans for ...

As the weather cools, Midwest ranchers have several options to consider for extending their grazing season, according ...

A new poll conducted just prior to the current government shutdown showed most Americans wanted Congress to extend tax ...

The Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, reintroduced by Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Kevin Cramer, extends federal benefits to families of first responders who die from work-related cancers. The Honoring Our ...

The anti-aging drug Rapamycin has the same life-extending effect as eating less, according to new research from the University of East Anglia and University of Glasgow. Dietary restriction has long ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Some members of Congress are slamming the door on Americans who are unemployed, yet desperately seeking work. At the end of ...

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, which President Obama signed on Feb. 17, 2009, contains a major extension of unemployment benefits. States administer unemployment based on federal ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says the Pentagon will begin the process to extend health care, housing and other federal benefits to the same-sex spouses of military members as soon as ...

The Labor Department announced on Thursday that applications for unemployment benefits fell by 3,000 last week, which means that layoffs remain low. This is good — overall, businesses are feeling ...