The president's budget bill was six months in the making and a major legislative win from Republicans and the White House but food banks in Massachusetts are worried about its impact on them. The ...

As cuts to food assistance come down from the Trump administration, Massachusetts will create an anti-hunger task force to advise on mitigating the losses, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday.

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

Explore how recent federal budget cuts may hit blue states hardest and what it could mean for local economies.

The Senate narrowly passed President Trump’s tax and spending plan Tuesday, making it one step closer to becoming law.

The state budget slashed more than $40 million in funding for the Department of Transitional Assistance, which administers SNAP and other programs for poor families.

Republicans are working to pass major federal cost cuts to the program, which provides monthly benefits to for some 40 million Americans.

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

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 ...

(WWLP) – Massachusetts farmers say they`re bracing for revenue losses due to cuts in fresh produce SNAP benefits. Many are expressing their concerns and advocating for the program to be fully ...

(WWLP) – Massachusetts farmers say they`re bracing for revenue losses due to cuts in fresh produce SNAP benefits.

SNAP is first line of defense against hunger for millions of North Carolinians. If the Senate passes the budget bill cuts ...