On Nov. 7, 750,000 Oregonians woke up to see the November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in their accounts after weeks of uncertainty.

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Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.

Newly filed unemployment claims are up 7.8% so far this year, at their highest point since 2021. Through mid-October, the state has received nearly 190,000 new jobless claims. That’s 14,000 more than ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits may not go out on Nov. 1 because of the federal government shutdown.

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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Oregon Department of Human Services is notifying about 757,000 Oregonians who receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that they won ...

Driven primarily by annual seasonal trends, initial Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims in Oregon have risen over the past two weeks. This increase was expected and falls within OED projections ...

Many Arizonans are reporting widespread problems with receiving their unemployment benefits following the state's launch of a new online system, "Cactus." Claimants are facing long waits, some for ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state invested nearly $7 billion to pay off the federal UI Trust Fund loan and bring the fund to solvency -- and increase the maximum weekly benefit from $504 to $869. The ...

Newport man sentenced to 18 months for killing neighbor's dog A 47-year-old man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for the killing of Daisy, a 6-year-old black Labrador retriever, in July 2024.