It’s well understood by now, or should be: We can trust the Trump administration, as the saying goes, about as far as we can throw it. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is demanding that states turn ...

Governors and attorneys general from Pennsylvania and 21 other jurisdictions say they want explicit safeguards related to immigration enforcement, artificial intelligence and more before getting ...

AND TURNING TO THIS NOW. FOOD STAMPS WERE A HOT TOPIC AT THE STATE CAPITOL TODAY. STATE CAPITOL TODAY AS THE PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE MET TO DISCUSS SNAP BENEFITS. >> THIS IS AFTER ...

The battle over federal food assistance intensified this past week. The Trump administration is now threatening to cut off SNAP funding to states refusing to turn over data detailing who is receiving ...

The federal government says it is curbing waste by demanding that states seeking food aid turn over the private information of those who want what formerly was known as food stamps. Hawaii and many ...

Gov. Maura Healey speaks at a press conference in her office on Monday about SNAP benefits in November. PHOTO ALISON KUZNITZ/SHNS Gov. Maura Healey called the Trump administration’s latest SNAP ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The state Department of the Attorney General this week ...

The Trump administration’s threat to withhold money that Democratic-run states use to administer the SNAP food aid program unless officials release personal information about individual recipients ...

The Trump administration is planning to block Democratic-led states from accessing billions of dollars in federal funding under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if they continue ...

The Trump administration will withhold certain Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding from nearly two dozen states led by Democrats if they don't provide personal information about ...

The Trump administration is asking states to turn over information about people who receive federal food assistance. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rawlings said yesterday is to eliminate abuse in ...