SNAP benefits for food stamps expired on Nov. 1 and local communities, businesses and food banks are stepping up to help.

Save the Children headquarters in Fairfield. Photo courtesy of Save the Children FAIRFIELD – In light of the possible cutoff ...

The freeze on key federal nutrition programs will put particular pressure on tribal communities, according to advocates and U.S. senators of both parties.

At least eight moderate Senate Democrats are meeting in hopes of finding a deal to end the monthlong government shutdown, but ...

More than 420,000 Floridians use WIC, according to a 2024 USDA report — the fourth highest number in the country.

The year 2025 marks the 10th anniversary of the concept of building a community with a shared future in cyberspace. Since its ...

Many businesses and nonprofits are coming to the community's aid as food assistance benefit program, SNAP, is threatened by ...

It's not clear when millions of families will get SNAP benefits, even after judges ruled the government needs to make partial ...

Gov. Murphy declares a state of emergency after the Trump administration suspends SNAP benefits, affecting over 800,000 New ...

But rulings by judges in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, issued within minutes of each other on Oct. 31, ordered the ...

Millions nationwide could be cut off from access to government food assistance Saturday due to the shutdown, including those ...

The Rome Republican has ruled out running for governor or the U.S. Senate next year. But some in the GOP wonder if she might change her mind.