Hundreds of thousands of low-income residents in the state could lose food assistance and health care coverage, leading to an even greater divide between rich and poor.

President Trump's signature bill, before the Senate this week, would shift about one-quarter of the cost of SNAP benefits in Massachusetts from the feds to the state. That means state lawmakers would ...

It is difficult to apply for food stamps in Massachusetts According to the Department's August 2024 scorecard, the Department only approves 45% of the 39,816 of the SNAP applications it received ...

Massachusetts added 672,483 Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards to its welfare rolls between 2023 and 2024, according to City Councilor Kelly Dooner, who spoke to a local news outlet.