WSJ's Spencer Ante has details of a $2.2 billion government program to give cell phones to poor people that resulted in phones winding up in the hands of people ineligible for the program.

Dear Lacey: I need a cell phone and cannot afford one. How can veterans get free cell phones without going through ... First, there's the federal Lifeline program, which receives its funding ...

Maestas, 48, lives at Camp Resolution in North Sacramento and has a Lifeline phone, which are typically free or low-cost from the government. The number of people with these phones soared by more ...