A new lawsuit by Democratic state officials Tuesday seeks to uncork emergency money to help tens of millions of Americans continue to buy food for their families, with federal SNAP funding is expected ...

(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - Federal food assistance payments to the nation’s poorest citizens will come to a halt on Saturday, the result of the second-longest government shutdown in U.S. history. It will be ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The impacts on basic needs — food and medical care — underscored how the impasse is hitting homes across ...

Food banks and pantries were already struggling after federal program cuts this year, but now they're bracing for a tsunami of hungry people if a pause in federal food aid to low-income people kicks ...

After federal food assistance money did not go out at the start of the month, the Army’s official nonprofit announced it would step in and offer grants to help soldiers and their families afford food ...

Some states handed out a month's worth of federally funded food aid as soon as the courts said it should be coming. Then USDA told states they had sent out the food stamps prematurely and would have ...

A pallet of canned fruit sits out at HACAP in Hiawatha on Oct. 23. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced ...

NEW YORK – In one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the nation, a line stretched along the side of the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen and Pantry. Willy Hilaire is homeless, unemployed and 63. He lives in ...

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