SNAP

Imagine facing the holidays without knowing where your next meal is coming from; that's the reality for many families in our region right now.

Washington’s SNAP eligibility tightened after the One Big Beautiful Bill; immigrant rules and state cost shares change. Keywords: SNAP, immigrant eligibility, One Big Beautiful Bill, state costs.

Investigators say 17 people face federal charges for conspiring to defraud the U.S. of more than 2.4-million dollars in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program money.  Federal prosecutors in Portland say the group operated in several states as well as on-line via curb pick up programs.   ...

The city in WA that gets the most might surprise you.

Several decades ago, 1 in 50 Americans were on food stamps. Now it's closer to 1 in 7 and will go higher if some Federal officials have their way.