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The president's budget bill is a major legislative win for Republicans but food banks in Massachusetts are worried about its ...
Cuts to SNAP and Medicaid benefits could hurt low-income workers, while tax breaks in the same bill will disproportionately benefit wealth business owners, adding to the gap between rich and poor.
Thousands of residents could lose their MassHealth coverage and Massachusetts may have to make up the difference for cuts to ...
From health insurance to immigration enforcement and higher ed taxes, the WBUR newsroom took a look at how some key ...
The Senate narrowly passed President Trump’s tax and spending plan Tuesday, making it one step closer to becoming law.
“Growing food and getting food to your neighbors is something that is really easy for people to understand the deep value ...
The state budget slashed more than $40 million in funding for the Department of Transitional Assistance, which administers ...
Chicopee, MASS--Roughly 113,000 western Massachusetts residents rely on SNAP benefits and as concerns around looming federal budget cuts grow bigger, the area’s food bank said they worry it ...
As Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” makes its way to President Donald Trump’s desk, Massachusetts officials condemned it ...
Massachusetts farmers said they are bracing for revenue losses due to cuts in fresh produce SNAP benefits. Starting Dec. 1, families who utilize the state's Healthy Incentives Program to buy food ...
(WWLP) – Massachusetts farmers say they`re bracing for revenue losses due to cuts in fresh produce SNAP benefits. Many are expressing their concerns and advocating for the program to be fully ...
Chicopee, MASS--Roughly 113,000 western Massachusetts residents rely on SNAP benefits and as concerns around looming federal budget cuts grow bigger, the area’s food bank said they worry it ...