Gov. Ned Lamont delivers an opening address on the first day of the legislative session on Feb. 4, 2026. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Despite calls by some lawmakers for the creation of a state ...

President Trump signed a bill that made his 2019 tax cuts permanent and cut SNAP funding by an estimated $186 billion through 2034. The new law makes it more difficult to qualify for SNAP benefits by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On July 4, President Donald Trump signed HB 1, also called the One Big Beautiful Bill, which made his 2019 tax cuts permanent, ...

As of Feb. 1, President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” requires that about 55,750 New Mexicans work, volunteer or attend training to keep receiving SNAP benefits. As the new requirements take ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - On Feb. 1, a group of SNAP recipients will have to complete an extra step to stay eligible for benefits. Within the SNAP program, there is an eligibility group called ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa. (KWQC) - Nearly 42 million Americans rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP. Beginning February 1, 2026, many of those people including in the Quad Cities ...

Changes are coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. SNAP users in Illinois will face new work requirements. The changes go into effect starting Feb. 1, 2026. A change in requirements ...

DENVER — A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday blocking the Trump administration from proceeding with a pilot program that would have required Colorado to recertify 100,000 ...

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Kenny Robinson Sr. moves quickly Monday through the one-room food pantry inside Chosen Bethel Family Ministries in Englewood on the South Side. He drops bags of spaghetti into more than a dozen ...

Kenneth Robinson has gotten used to counting dollars and cents at the grocery store. He can afford eggs with the $150 he receives a month in SNAP benefits, so they stay in his cart. Ground beef or ...