With SNAP benefits set to lapse on Nov. 1 amid the ongoing government shutdown, Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order to provide $20 million to food banks.

A day before the Trump administration planned to cut off food-stamp benefits to 42 million low-income Americans, including 5.5 million Californians, two federal judges ordered the administration on Fr...

Funding for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, known as WIC, may also run out in days, even with a recent emergency cash infusion earlier this month.