As the federal government shutdown rolls into its second month, questions mount for people relying on a range ...

News broke a short time later that the Trump administration decided to partially fund SNAP. The program costs about $8 ...

Governor Ned Lamont and other top Connecticut leaders held a press conference on these issues, at 10 a.m. on Monday. News 8 livestreamed the remarks in the video player above. VIDEO WILL BE AVAILABLE ...

Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz said she is hopeful that this ruling avoids the catastrophic consequences of leaving our 360,000 (state) residents that rely on SNAP hungry.

An unexpected bipartisan consensus that Gov. Ned Lamont’s initial response to the suspension of the SNAP federal food program is inadequate is nudging the governor toward tapping Connecticut’s massive ...

About 10% of all Connecticut residents – about 360,000 recipients – are expected to lose their food benefits Saturday as the ...

"Anything less than finding a solution is a mistake," said House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora, R-North Branford.

Connecticut’s first steps to mitigate the fast-approaching suspension of a federally funded food assistance program will be a ...

For the 38th time this year, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a multistate lawsuit against the Trump ...

Officials acknowledged that the $3 million grant will not match the reach of SNAP, which normally pays $72 million in monthly ...