SNAP benefits

A proposal in Gov. Janet Mills' two-year budget plan would cut state-funded SNAP benefits to certain immigrants who have work authorization but are unemployed.

President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly said he would reduce the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, as well as other benefits.

Rep. Chellie Pingree has invited Good Shepherd Food Bank president Heather Paquette to join her in the House chamber Thursday night. Paquette said food insecurity in Maine is back to pre-pandemic levels.

Maine is one of 17 states working on potential models of the "Food as Medicine" concept.

About 100,000 Maine households received additional SNAP benefits during the pandemic, but it ended back in March.

Maine households that rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to buy food will see a reduction in benefits starting next month. That's when extra pandemic benefits will end.

The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 11. While most…

Maine is getting federal assistance to provide food for children who receive free and reduced meals at school. More than 82,000 children will receive…

The Department of Health and Human Services says low-income Mainers will see a boost in food benefits and quicker access to the general assistance program…

The Trump Administration has finalized new rules that state officials say would make more than one-thousand Mainers ineligible for food assistance,…