TOLEDO, Ohio — Families in the area may be struggling with high grocery bills at the end of a shopping trip. This pain can be especially hard for families using government assistance, like WIC, SNAP, ...

Federal funding that millions of Americans use to help pay their heating bills in the winter is arriving weeks behind schedule due to disruptions from the government shutdown, which ended earlier this ...

The government shutdown is expected to delay critical energy assistance that helps families stay warm as the temperature drops. It could further strain many of the same families who rely on SNAP ...

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