All Massachusetts residents eligible so far this month for federal government food assistance have received their full SNAP ...

Gov. Healey gave an update on SNAP benefits in Massachusetts as the legal battle over funding food stamps continues.

A federal court last week ordered the Trump administration to pay partial SNAP benefits. The United States Department of ...

Some community leaders are concerned that the Trump administration will cut off federal dollars starting Saturday, Nov. 1, to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps millions of low ...

Thousands of workers are trying to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage payments while they're on unpaid furlough from federal government jobs.

For more than two weeks now during the government shutdown, Imelda Avila-Thomas has been trying in vain to get approved for unemployment compensation to help cover essentials such as food and mortgage ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for November are on the line as the government shutdown continues to drag on. SNAP, also known as food stamps, is a federal initiative that ...

The donations are rolling into the Senior Activity Center in Methuen, Massachusetts as the city braces for an expected increase in the need for food assistance at the end of the week. The city ...

HELPS FAMILIES PUT FRESH FOOD ON THE TABLE. BUT THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS ABOUT TO CHANGE THAT. OUR POLITICAL REPORTER, SHARMAN SACCHETTI JOINS US IN BOSTON WITH WHAT THE STATE IS DOING TO TRY TO ...

As SNAP benefits could run out for 42 million Americans in November — including over a million in Massachusetts — state Treasurer Deb Goldberg rang the alarm on Thursday, warning of a “cascade of ...

More than 7,200 federal workers filed initial jobless claims last week, according to data posted on an obscure Labor Department website. The site shows 7,224 federal workers filed claims with the ...