Food Stamps

The possible change involves a different inflation measure to adjust the poverty threshold annually. Anti-poverty groups worry that many low-income people would be pushed off assistance programs.

The North Carolina House is considering a bill that would increase disqualification periods for food stamp recipients who don't meet their work…

Some North Carolina residents who receive food assistance must now prove that they're working, volunteering or taking classes. The change was implemented…

Gov. Pat McCrory on Wednesday signed a law that makes North Carolina less friendly to undocumented immigrants by prohibiting city or county policies that…

Voters in the Triad will decide today between Republicans Phil Berger Jr. and Mark Walker in a primary runoff election. The race has divided local…

Voters in the Triad will decide today between Republicans Phil Berger Jr. and Mark Walker in a primary runoff election. The race has divided local…

State health officials say they have cleared an enormous backlog of food stamp applications that could have caused North Carolina to lose 80 million…

Officials with the state Department of Health and Human Services say they've made great strides in reducing a backlog of food stamp recipients who weren't…

Lawmakers are in negotiation for a five-year farm bill. If they are unable to reach a compromise by the end of the year, key provisions will revert to…

Lawmakers are in negotiation for a five-year farm bill. If they are unable to reach a compromise by the end of the year, key provisions will revert to…