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President Donald Trump's so-called big, beautiful bill will expand SNAP work requirements and require Ohio to spend more on ...
Billy Penn spoke with experts and food leaders about how recent legislation will worsen food insecurity in the region.
Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal faces backlash after saying illegal immigrants are avoiding food banks due to fear.
The USDA's recent decision to cancel two major food aid programs, which provided over $1 billion to schools and food banks, ...
President Trump's recent budget plan makes big cuts to the SNAP program. In the Chicago area, that change has some food pantries, and the food banks that serve them, preparing to fill the gap.
Ohioans continue to raise concerns that they will lose their health care access or food assistance benefits now that Congress ...
Reps. Bill Foster and Sean Casten heard concerns at a roundtable at the Northern Illinois Food Bank they held Thursday. Some food banks tell WGN they’re already working to meet a great need than ever ...
There are growing concerns within food banks, school communities and small farms across the country about the Trump ...
Trump's fiscal bill would mark a massive overhaul of SNAP benefits, putting 40 million recipients -- including some of the nation's most vulnerable populations -- at greater risk of food insecurity.
Farmers and food banks are facing some of the same challenges -- businesses that normally buy and donate a lot of food are closed leaving a gap in the supply chain.
The U.S. Senate has passed a version of the reconciliation bill that includes a 20% cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), totaling more than $180 billion through 2034 ...
North Carolina's seven Feeding the Carolinas food banks distributed 250 million meals over the past year. But for every one they provided, Kanawati Stephany said, SNAP provides nine.