HARWICH – By some estimates, SNAP — the federal program once called Food Stamps — feeds 10 times as many people nationally as ...

With the approval of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act last week, which includes $1.2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and ...

If the SNAP program shrinks significantly, it could also affect the state's economy, Klein said. In 2024, $1.3 billion worth of SNAP benefits were spent with Kentucky retailers, including at local ...

Chicopee, MASS--Roughly 113,000 western Massachusetts residents rely on SNAP benefits and as concerns around looming federal budget cuts grow bigger, the area’s food bank said they worry it ...

Rep. John Lawn, the point person for the House on most health care matters, said Monday he expects the new law to be "devastating" for Massachusetts — and he "do[es] ...

Lankford also discussed a newly passed provision targeting waste and inefficiency in the federal SNAP program, which provides food assistance to low-income Americans.

MANNA FoodBank, as a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to educating the public about issues that could impact our neighbors now and in the future, shares how devastating cuts to SNAP will ...

Chicopee, MASS--Roughly 113,000 western Massachusetts residents rely on SNAP benefits and as concerns around looming federal budget cuts grow bigger, the area’s food bank said they worry it could have ...

Food Bank of Western Massachusetts raises awareness of ongoing fight against hunger in the region and the impact of proposed SNAP cuts. One in three households struggles to afford food.

Trump promised in a Sunday night Truth Social post to “expand efforts” to detain undocumented people in major cities rather than rural areas: “You don’t hear about Sanctuary Cities in our Heartland!” ...

'IT'S A NECESSITY FOR ME': The sweeping federal spending proposal making its way through Congress is also triggering concerns over proposed changes to SNAP.