Thousands of Minnesota households will now be able to receive energy assistance after a monthlong delay caused by the federal government shutdown. The Minnesota Department of Commerce on Wednesday ...

Mark Bain, who is part of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, sets his thermostat to 65 degrees at his home. In Bloomfield, Conn., on Oct. 27.

As winter tightens its grip on Minnesota, the federal government shutdown freezes critical funding for the state’s Energy Assistance Program (EAP), nationally known as LIHEAP, leaving thousands of ...