ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The government-funded Home Energy Assistance Program (H.E.A.P.) has returned, just as the weather gets colder. Originally set to reopen at the start of November, the program was ...
Mark Bain, who is part of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, rubs his hands together as he checks the level on his oil at home in hopes that he will have enough oil to outlast the shutdown ...
Earlier this week, the ongoing government shutdown obtained a dubious honor — at 39 days and counting, it has become the longest government shutdown in the nation’s history. The shutdown began Oct. 1 ...