With 170,000 Mainers about to lose SNAP food assistance due to the government shutdown, the state of Maine is offering a ...

A handful of states rolled out plans to use their own funds to provide benefits as the SNAP federal food aid program runs dry.

I think it’s a really sad day for Montgomery County residents to see their government failing them in this way.” — Emma Hertz.

Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP is set to expire on Saturday, November 1.

In shutdowns past — including during Trump’s first term — presidents normally scaled back their schedules. With staffers deemed “non-essential” sent home, the White House often sought to appear ...