Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid benefits could hurt low-income workers, while tax breaks in the same bill will disproportionately benefit wealth business owners, adding to the gap between rich and poor.

The president's budget bill was six months in the making and a major legislative win from Republicans and the White House but ...

Thousands of residents could lose their MassHealth coverage and Massachusetts may have to make up the difference for cuts to ...

“Growing food and getting food to your neighbors is something that is really easy for people to understand the deep value ...

The state budget slashed more than $40 million in funding for the Department of Transitional Assistance, which administers ...

From health insurance to immigration enforcement and higher ed taxes, the WBUR newsroom took a look at how some key ...

As Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” makes its way to President Donald Trump’s desk, Massachusetts officials condemned it ...

Over 172,000 people on Long Island are at risk of losing some or all of their SNAP benefits, which combat hunger insecurity ...

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

States that can get their SNAP error rates below 6 percent by the time the cost-share kicks in will be exempted from paying ...

Democrat Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts Democratic congressman, sat down with WBZ-TV following the passage of President ...

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 ...