Almost half of the households in Holyoke, Mass., depend on the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

Millions of Americans could lose food assistance benefits under the program known as SNAP if action isn't taken before ...

President Trump announced he would stop the federal program during the government shutdown — which no president has done ...

As the U.S. pushes to move away from a reliance on China’s rare earth minerals, New England-based Phoenix Tailings is part of a new group of start-ups looking to fill the gap.

Mayor Dominick Pangallo discusses using public transportation to Salem, the safety measures implemented during the busy month ...

In West Springfield, Mass., residents will decide next week whether to re-elect Mayor William Reichelt or vote for long time ...

Fasher, in Darfur, to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces. Now warnings are mounting of a second genocide as mass killings ...

USAID was the lead American agency in disaster response. Now that it's been dismantled, questions are arising about how ...

The $2 million approved by the Executive Council will support a network of mobile food pantries specifically for the more ...

A new report from the New Hampshire Women’s Foundation found that child care costs are straining families across the state, ...

Those behind the effort say a "sanctuary community" is a group of about a dozen residents in a region who will do their best ...

Advocates for housing in both parties have hailed the new changes that loosened some restrictions on new development, ...