Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. State Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, makes a case for setting up a state-level food stamp program using $332.1 million remaining in ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is rejecting the idea of using roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep food aid flowing into November amid the government shutdown, according to a ...

HARTFORD - Gov. Ned Lamont submitted a series of proposals for spending $167.9 million in state contingency funds to mitigate the effects of federal budget cuts and other policy changes on Connecticut ...

Even among insured families, coverage gaps remain, out-of-pocket expenditure still accounts for nearly 40% of total ...

BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must to continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using ...

NATIONWIDE — THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION MUST CONTINUE FUNDING THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SNAP) with contingency funds during the government shutdown, two federal judges on Friday ...

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont plans to spend about $167.9 million from the state’s recently created $500 million contingency fund to backstop federal cuts to safety net programs. The plan submitted to ...