A new tool can now help Pennsylvania residents become, or stay, eligible for SNAP benefits. New federal rules added work requirements to receive benefits last year. The state is now helping to connect ...

Confusion continues surrounding food benefits for millions of Americans. Right now, most recipients in Pennsylvania have not received their November benefits. The fate of SNAP is back in the hands of ...

Joe Holden came home to join the CBS News Philadelphia team as a general assignment reporter in May, 2016. In August 2018 he became anchor of the weekend evening editions and Philly57. Despite the new ...

Getting back to normal for some of these federal programs will not happen overnight. We saw delays to SNAP benefits, delays and cancellations at airports nationwide, and many going without paychecks.

A government shutdown caused an abrupt, open-ended suspension of SNAP benefits in November. The halt in benefits left many Pennsylvanians struggling to afford groceries and meet specific dietary needs ...

WE’RE LEARNING TONIGHT, TOM. WELL, JERRY, GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY SAYING THAT AGAIN, THEY CANNOT BACKFILL THE SNAP FUNDING THAT RIGHT NOW IS BEING HELD UP. THERE’S ...

Despite a court ordering the federal government to pay at least partial November food assistance benefits, Pennsylvanians likely won’t see that aid anytime soon — due to an extremely complex and ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are in the process of being sent to recipients in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, according to the states' governors. It comes one day after a ...