Leading Democrats criticized Republican Gov. Kelly Ayotte and Attorney General John Formella for their refusal to join 25 states that have sued the Trump administration over its refusal to allow ...
The Trump administration had said SNAP food assistance wouldn’t be distributed in November because of the government shutdown ...
States are resorting to last-ditch efforts to preserve access to groceries for their residents as the federal government was ready up until its Oct. 31 deadline to stop sending out food benefits ...
Two federal judges have ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to provide at least partial food stamp benefits to tens of millions of Americans in November, as the federal government ...
More SNAP recipients live in Democratic districts. But the program touches every corner of the country. By Emily Badger and Amy Fan The federal food assistance program now at the center of a legal ...
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more commonly known as SNAP, or food stamps — is a key benefits program that ...
Due to the ongoing government shutdown, the federally-funded benefits aren’t being distributed. More than 75,000 Granite ...
State advocates fear the current food pantry system is stressed now and may be overrun if food stamp benefits end due to the ...
Some states, like New Hampshire, have developed contingency plans if lawmakers fail to come to an agreement that opens the ...
New Hampshire’s emergency food system is preparing for an imminent pause to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...
THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN MEANS TIME AND MONEY ARE RUNNING OUT FOR SNAP, THE STATE’S FEDERALLY FUNDED FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry ...