One of us first started volunteering with the New Hampshire Food Bank and its partners nearly 20 years ago. Dan can remember busy Saturdays in the midst of the Great Recession, when we would hand out food to well over 100 people in downtown Manchester. But that was nothing like this past Saturday, when Dan […]

With Congress showing no signs of resolving its stalemate and ending the ongoing federal government shutdown, those waiting on government food assistance are facing a halt to benefits Saturday. In New Hampshire, state officials have approved a plan to fill the gap, at least partially. If the shutdown doesn’t end this week, New Hampshire residents […]

U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen said official negotiations with Republicans to end the federal government shutdown aren’t occurring in Washington right now, only backdoor communications. “There are a lot of people on both sides of the aisle who are talking about how can we end this and get government operating again and how do we address […]

As the federal government remains closed over Senate Democrats’ health funding demands, Gov. Kelly Ayotte said the prospect of New Hampshire’s SNAP program halting keeps her up at night. Earlier this month, the federal government shut down after the Senate failed to pass a spending plan. Republicans proposed a plan that would’ve kept funding largely […]