On Dec. 17, a bout of heavy winds and rain lead to outages for roughly 50,000 Pacific Power customers. In an incident like ...

Residents of 19 Oregon counties who lost food bought with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits because of recent storms and power outages now have more time to ask for ...

As new federal work requirements loom for SNAP benefits, New York City is expanding job training and education programs to ...

The city agency responsible for processing food and cash assistance to New Yorkers is being slowed down by its own systems, ...

New Yorkers experiencing delays in their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) and cash assistance benefits will ...

New York City has promised to speed up its process for approving and recertifying SNAP applications as part of a settlement with The Legal Aid Society, NYLAG and Dechert LLP. A lawsuit filed against ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are set to resume normal payment schedules in December after weeks of chaos amid the government shutdown. In general, that means SNAP benefits ...

The reform, enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Donald Trump in July and being implemented by the Agriculture Department, marks one of the most significant ...

President Donald Trump has recently turned to a new economic indicator in his push to convince Americans that his policies are boosting the economy: the number of people receiving federal food ...

The roughly 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps did not receive their November 1 SNAP benefits as the government shutdown dragged on. The missed payments came just as the holiday season began ...

New data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reveal the states where the nation’s largest food assistance program is costing taxpayers the most through fraud and misuse. The size and scope of the ...