Some people will need to work, train or volunteer 80 hours a month to qualify for benefits. But it won't take effect for at ...

The lawsuit seeks to block the Trump administration from conditioning SNAP funding on whether states provide the personal ...

Connecticut Department of Social Services Commissioner Andrea Barton Reeves said the state will cover 75% of SNAP administrative costs and share benefit expenses, an added $77 million, as federal cuts ...

A coalition of 22 states, including Connecticut, filed a lawsuit to fight a demand that states turn over personal information ...

According to the lawsuit, the demand from the USDA, which came in the form of a letter in May, threatened states with ...

Attorney General William Tong joined a 22-state coalition Tuesday challenging a USDA mandate for states to turn over sensitive information about SNAP recipients.

In Connecticut, more than 400,000 people got SNAP benefits in 2025, according to the DSS. More than half of the recipients in the state are in families with children.

Federal changes to a food assistance program will cost South Dakota $5 million starting next fiscal year, according to the ...

Hearst CT Media readers comment on supporting small businesses, rising Sun ticket prices and cuts to funding for social services.

In January 1995, eight gray wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park, becoming the first wolves to set foot in ...

Northeast families could see some of the biggest benefit losses. More than 2.5 million families in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are expected ...