Cities are creating emergency nutrition funds, reopening COVID-era aid programs and pleading with federal officials as the ...

Allegations of discrimination at Allentown City Hall and the systems in place to report it have been the subject of several ...

Allentown will continue to clear about more homeless encampments that have cropped up along the Jordan Creek, mayor Matt ...

President Trump suggested he would provide funding for SNAP benefits – if he gets clarification from the judge who ordered ...

Allentown’s former human resources director is suing the city in federal court, claiming illegal retaliation and age and ...

A bipartisan group of mayors is urging the agriculture secretary not to let the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

Hurricane Melissa made landfall early Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 storm with wind speeds of 185 m.p.h. It is the most ...

Allentown’s former human resources director says he was forced out because he refused to follow Mayor Matt Tuerk’s order to fire a “troublemaker” employee, according to a lawsuit. Nadeem Shahzad filed ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Allentown Mayor Matt Tuerk said around 900 people work for the city, many of whom have for a long time. "We have an amazing workforce here at the City of Allentown," said Tuerk. He ...

“The anticipated disruption to SNAP will not only increase poverty but also weaken ongoing city efforts to promote food security, improve public health, and support local economies,” wrote Tom Cochran ...

"SNAP is not only a federal nutrition program - it is a critical local economic stabilizer," said a letter, signed by Matt Tuerk, the mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Tom Cochran, the ...