Food banks prepare for increased demand as 1 in 7 Massachusetts residents lose access to grocery assistance, with WIC program ...

The Senate reconvenes Wednesday morning, but has no vote scheduled on the continuing resolution to end the government ...

Washington has joined 24 other states in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to require the agency to use contingency funding to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...

Across the country, there are over 41 million people enrolled in the federal government’s Supplemental Nutritional Assistance ...

The Agriculture Department said it can't use contingency funds to pay for SNAP benefits, contradicting earlier guidance that ...

About 42 million Americans rely on SNAP to help pay for food every month. The payments help low-income individuals and ...

The plan to fund SNAP amid the federal government shutdown faces an uncertain path in a politically divided Michigan ...

Democrats and Republicans remain dug in as the shutdown enters a fifth week, showing little sign of moving from their ...

A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans keep buying food for their families after federal SNAP funding is ...

Kansans who receive food assistance or are furloughed from federal jobs are scrambling to pay bills and feed their families as the federal government shutdown drags on. Tuesday was the deadline for ...

As expected, payments in West Virginia for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will not go out on time in November.

The lawsuit represents a critical challenge to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's decision not to use $6 billion in contingency funds to pay for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), ...