Only about a third of SNAP recipients are able-bodied adults. The rest of the funding goes directly to children, elderly people or people with disabilities, according to the USDA. More than 85% of SNAP benefits go to households below the federal poverty line, with half of those benefits going to those considered to be in deep poverty.

Wisconsin joined a multi-state lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to force the release of FoodShare funds before benefits run dry Nov. 1.

Secretary of Agriculture Brook Rollins on Tuesday encouraged liberal billionaire George Soros to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through November. Days before those

New York has joined a coalition of states suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeking to force the federal government to provide funding for a federally subsidized food assistance program that is set to stop Saturday as the federal government shutdown enters its fourth week.

Multnomah County will spend some of its rainy-day funds to save a key pretrial release program that keeps those accused of a crime out of jail until their trial, freeing up limited jail beds for the most high-risk offenders.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a memo Friday the agency’s contingency fund cannot legally be used to provide food assistance benefits for more than 42 million people in November, as the government shutdown drags on.

The Link Transit Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday and discussed several items on its agenda, including the 2026 preliminary budget, the purchase of