With thousands of Bay Staters expected to lose access to food assistance benefits under the federal megalaw, Gov. Maura Healey launched a task force to help Massachusetts navigate the massive SNAP ...

With steep cuts to federal food assistance signed into law, state leaders in Massachusetts are looking to get ahead of the ...

As cuts to food assistance come down from the Trump administration, Massachusetts will create an anti-hunger task force to advise on mitigating the losses, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday.

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.

With the approval of the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act last week, which includes $1.2 trillion in cuts to Medicaid and ...

Explore how recent federal budget cuts may hit blue states hardest and what it could mean for local economies.

From health insurance to immigration enforcement and higher ed taxes, the WBUR newsroom took a look at how some key ...

The president's budget bill is a major legislative win for Republicans but food banks in Massachusetts are worried about its impact.

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 ...

States that can get their SNAP error rates below 6 percent by the time the cost-share kicks in will be exempted from paying ...

Democrat Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts Democratic congressman, sat down with WBZ-TV following the passage of President ...