A range of factors can influence the number of people receiving food stamp benefits in the short-term outside of improvements in the economy.

Harris had sensed the cutoff was coming — ever since the government shutdown started on Oct. 1. But, with local food banks ...

Typically, about 716,000 Texans typically would have received SNAP payments by the 10th of the month, according to Propel.

The record-long government shutdown is affecting air travel and food stamp benefits. Follow here for the latest news updates.

Soraya Harley, a grandmother from Jamaica Plain, felt relief Saturday morning when she learned the benefit card that helps her pay for food had been loaded with $600. Harley, 64, and her three ...

In many states, it remained unclear how the Supreme Court’s Friday night order might immediately affect low-income residents. By Tony RommMiles G. CohenChris Hippensteel and Taylor Robinson Millions ...

A plan announced Monday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide partial food stamp benefits for November during the ongoing government shutdown could offer a measure of relief to millions of ...

Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation's neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government shutdown. (Source: ...

Planters Peanutters Adleigh Mayes and Aria Conte tell us all about what they do and the experiences they've had traveling the country in the NUTmobile. Dothan's Director of Performing Arts Clay ...