With some planning, a single store-bought rotisserie chicken can be stretched to make three meals. Beans and rice can feed a family for a week, without requiring money for meat. And a microwave or a ...

None of this is normal. Food-stamp benefits have never been cut like this in the current program’s more-than-60-year history.

Thousands of Hoosiers might face the difficult choice of having either groceries or heat this year. These energy programs can help.

One-in-four children in Cook County are at risk of hunger, and one-in-five homes in Chicago experience food insecurity. 15.2% of Illinois residents rely on SNAP benefits for basic nutrition, and 45% ...

The 2025 government shutdown threatens to beat the previous record for the longest government shutdown. The last and longest ...

The U.S. government shutdown has become the longest on record; however, odds are suggesting that the end could be near. Earlier, the longest shutdown on record was 35 days, from December 2018 to ...

Kentuckians can apply for Energy Assistance Program benefits to combat rising heat costs amid the ongoing 2025 government ...

The federal government shutdown is officially the longest in history as hundreds of thousands of Hoosiers won't receive full ...

Charnita Horton partnered with a dozen food trucks to give out free food to those affected by government shutdown. The line ...

In the scramble of uncertainty over the federal food aid program known as SNAP, more than 1,500 people flocked to a center in Paterson to get food.

One Appleton mother shares her struggles as she waits for answers from Washington. Tiara Kelly, a single mom of a ...

While funding for SNAP benefits remains in flux during the government shutdown, Charleston-area residents are donating canned ...