Mayor Ras J. Baraka mobilized local nonprofits to help 37,000 residents — 29,000 of them children — who rely on the federal food program.

OCEAN TOWNSHIP -- With her SNAP benefits in peril, Barbara Malone walked from her apartment at Heritage Village to the ...

NJ's Attorney General warned residents to look out for possible scams taking aim at Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

Gov. Phil Murphy said Monday that members of the New Jersey National Guard have been deployed to support the state’s food ...

With many residents bracing for hard times ahead of the shutdown of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, several New Jersey restaurants are offering free food to those in need.

With enrollment set to begin Nov. 1, consumers buying health insurance through New Jersey's Affordable Care Act market will ...

A federal government shutdown could halt SNAP food assistance benefits for about 800,000 New Jersey residents starting in November. New Jersey also anticipates future SNAP benefit cuts due to changes ...

Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy food may be affected as soon as November if the ongoing government shutdown continues. In a letter to state agencies ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — In a close New Jersey gubernatorial race, Democratic U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill and Republican former state legislator Jack Ciattarelli met for their second and final debate, ...

For State Sen. Glenn Wakai, the 125th anniversary of Okinawans immigrating to Hawaii has a special and personal significance. HPD said there were reports of gunfire at 2:15 a.m. Investigators said two ...

The state Department of Labor is raising the maximum unemployment insurance benefit rate from $504 per week to $869 per week beginning next Monday, and benefit checks will reflect the change the ...