But now, looming GOP-led funding cuts are concerning media allies that local public broadcasters would be forced to downsize or shutter, damaging news operations and hurting locals’ ability to get timely emergency alerts like the one issued in Alaska.

The rescissions package passed by a vote of 51-48, with Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski joining Democrats in voting against it.

Throne Labs is betting that Uber-like ratings and privacy-protecting sensors can lead to a better, more enduring system of public toilets.

As value grows in private markets, fund managers, brokerage houses, and savvy start-ups are building products that aim to expand access to them.

Despite recent claims by President Donald Trump that former Biden officials doctored files related to Jeffrey Epstein, many of the documents -- including those mentioning Trump and several prominent Democrats -- have been public for years.

In the Bay State, residents can purchase land right down to the low-tide line, leaving many beaches — including in popular tourism destinations — privately owned and off limits to the general public.

The federal money is appropriated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which distributes it to NPR and PBS. Roughly 70% of the money goes directly to the 330 PBS and 246 NPR stations across the country, although that’s only a shorthand way to describe its potential impact.

Jr. and Omeed Malik rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange as renegades. They had just turned PublicSquare, a Yelp-like directory of con

With the U.S. House poised to approve President Donald Trump's request to claw back $9 billion in federal funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid, Houston Public Media general manager Josh Adams says the outlet stands to lose millions in funding.

The Chicago Public Library has a particularly proud history of advancing democratic principles, having been the first to draft an Intellectual Freedom Policy in 1936 in order to protect the rights of people to read books on all sides of controversial subjects.