Local governments are pushed to take on a bigger role even as climate change has fueled more intense events from flooding to wildfires.

The USDA confirmed its position that effective Nov. 1, it will suspend all November 2025 SNAP allotments as part of the ...

The hunger relief program will suspend payments to 40 million Americans on Nov. 1 amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Sherrill has aggressively campaigned on making New Jersey cheaper, saying she'll declare a state of emergency on rising ...

Democratic Attorneys General from 25 states are challenging the USDA’s refusal to distribute food aid during the federal ...

Many Northeast states are suing the Trump administration as roughly 42 million Americans could lose major food assistance ...

Get “The Wrap,” our take on the news of the week, in your inbox every Tuesday. Sign up at Oct. 20 to 26 Withdrawal From RGGI Two years of soaring prices for electricity have angered voters, who are ...

Bergen County's incumbent Democratic Commissioners Tom Sullivan, Mary Amoroso and Germaine Ortiz are running for reelection ...

More than 800K New Jerseyans could lose food aid as the federal shutdown halts SNAP benefits, sparking concern among ...

What they are leaving behind in Long Branch does not qualify as a hospital. A satellite emergency room. Some outpatient care ...

Ocean City has declared a local state of emergency after a nor’easter eroded much of the island’s beach earlier this month, ...