Seattle-area food banks and food pantries expect soaring demand as federal cuts under Trump threaten to strip 170,000 Washingtonians of food assistance.

Lawmakers came back to Raleigh where they passed a stripped down budget that begins to take into account deep federal cuts to HHS spending.

On this day in 1965, Pzresident Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health care safety net for millions of low-income Americans in what would become ...

The projected $1.1 billion hole in Michigan’s upcoming budget will likely put a wrench into ongoing negotiations over a long-term road funding plan.

Americans broadly support increasing or maintaining funding for safety net programs, including Social Security and Medicare, ...

SNAP is funded by federal tax dollars but administered by state governments, and states can make changes by submitting waivers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Revising what SNAP ...

Connecticut will ultimately spend more money to administer these support services for residents under the new law, according to preliminary projections from the state Department of Social ...

"The costs to Illinois’ government because of the new Republican congressional budget reconciliation law will be steep. However, the state has some time to prepare," writes columnist Rich Miller.