Anti-poverty Activists Urge Reversal Of Budget Cuts
As the Massachusetts House is set to begin debate today on a proposed $32 billion state budget for the fiscal year that begins in July, anti poverty activists are decrying proposals they claim will...
View ArticleMass. Interim Commissioner of Department of Transitional Assistance Hears...
Massachusetts Interim Commissioner of the state Department of Transitional Assistance visited Pittsfield last night as part of a statewide campaign seeking public input on how to improve integrity and...
View ArticleSenator Outlines Priorities For New York Farms
As the Farm Bill moves through the Senate Agriculture Committee as early as this week, then on to full Senate consideration, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a teleconference today in which she...
View ArticleTime To Split Food Stamps From Farm Bill?
In the aftermath of the Farm Bill’s failure in the House last week, a movement to break it in two is gaining traction.The 234-195 defeat of the 2013 Farm Bill in the House came as a surprise to many...
View ArticleTroy Waterfront Farmers Market Sees Growing EBT Use
By 10 on a recent Saturday morning, the Troy Waterfront Farmers Market was already busy. The market partners with SNAP, or the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program. Open Saturdays, the farmers...
View ArticleHouse Bill Snips SNAP
47 million Americans are enrolled in SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or "food stamps." Thursday, the GOP-led House passed a bill to cut spending for food stamps by $39 billion over...
View ArticleDream Act Could Have New Life; NYS Loses Millions In Federal Funding Over EBT...
With the legislative session in Albany charging forward, a pair of funding plans are under the microscope.
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