Much of our reporting this year focused on how unprecedented changes to the federal government affect our region’s residents and institutions, including cuts to funding for education, public safety, ...

When the shutdown threatened food benefits for low-income seniors in Chelsea, residents of a retirement community in Needham ...

From the final quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2025, total reported SNAP benefit thefts climbed from 444,553 to 691,604, a 55 percent jump in a single quarter. Between the second quarter of ...

Kentucky Public Radio has covered a tumultuous year of federal cuts and shifts, the lawsuits challenging them, state governance and another hefty legislative session. Rediscover our top politics ...

Metro Social Services says many Nashville families are still feeling the ripple effects of the SNAP benefits disruption tied to the government shutdown.

This year, we doubled our reporting on the systemic obstacles to food security, including poverty, inequality, and structural ...

Metro Social Services workers say food insecurity is a problem especially around the holidays and colder months.

The recent shutdown resulted in some 900,000 federal workers being furloughed, with around two million going without ...

Food prescriptions are a growing trend to prevent illnesses like cancer. Here are 5 healthy foods a doctor often recommends.

One of the defining stories of 2025 was the impact of federal funding cuts on our community - from nonprofits to research and ...

Stanford researchers find that a growing number of child care providers can’t afford food, raising concerns about workforce ...

Fossil fuels and the climate change they cause are worsening extreme weather events that disrupt global food supply chains ...