The federal benefits freeze was the latest in a string of challenges that have stretched food assistance programs thin this year.

Restaurants in Brookside, Crown Center and Overland Park had some of the most health code violations in the metro recently.

WASHINGTON >> Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week House Amended appropriations bill The House on Nov. 12 voted 222-209 to pass the Senate ...

The OIG found that despite prior audits and corrective actions, some of the same issues persist, such as states continuing to ...

The nonprofit Nourishing Hope said it's prepared this year to spend double its annual budget, largely due to an unusually ...

The federal government is back open after a record-breaking 43-day shutdown ‒ but the effects from the nation's longest-ever shutdown could linger.

As funding for food assistance was cut off during the longest government shutdown in history, community organizations stepped ...

The Trump administration says everyone has to reapply for their SNAP benefits now that the government has reopened. Here's ...

Rows of tightly packed olive trees stretch across California’s Central Valley. These super-high-density orchards, where trees ...

House lawmakers have a laundry list of legislative priorities to focus on now that the government shutdown battle is behind ...

Industry groups and exporters say the levy could sharply curtail US sales and severely hurt small and medium Italian pasta makers.

Maine DHHS said that the SNAP benefits made available to Maine’s recipients were being utilized as early as Monday.