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 ...

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

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

As Congress debates federal spending, one critical program under threat is the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). While some may see it as just another line item, cuts to SNAP ...

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 unprecedented cuts to basic needs programs in the massive budget bill passed by the U.S. House and now in front of the Senate could put over 1 million low-income Massachusetts residents in ...

From 11 p.m. Saturday, April 26, to midday Sunday, April 27, Massachusetts residents receiving SNAP benefits will be unable to use their EBT cards for food or cash purchases, or for cash withdrawal… ...

East Texans express concern over SNAP cuts in budget bill The spending bill would reduce SNAP funds by over $180 billion and shift some of the cost of the program to states according to a statement ...

The unprecedented cuts to basic needs programs in the massive budget bill passed by the U.S. House and now in front of the Senate could put over 1 million low-income Massachusetts residents in ...