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.

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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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

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 ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill tightened eligibility, expanded work requirements and increased state responsibilities – here are ...

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

For years, food insecurity has been steadily increasing across the country. Now, with cuts to federal programs like SNAP, the ...