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.

Republicans sought to make states pay for some food-assistance benefits, but watchdogs say a last-minute exception could discourage states from addressing disbursement mistakes.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

President Trump's new bill includes cuts to SNAP, potentially impacting food assistance for many Kentuckians. The bill ...

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

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 ...

After years of lobbying, CT food banks landed $9M in state funding for 2026-27. But boost comes amid federal cuts to ...

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