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Healey-Driscoll Administration files a $734 million supplemental budget

Lindsay Shachnow March 24, 2023
The Healey-Driscoll administration filed a bill Friday to prepare the Commonwealth for the end of the COVID-19 emergency May 11 through a supplemental budget allocating $734 million to programs and state government departments.
East to West: Sept. 26, 2022

East to West: Sept. 26, 2022

Ellen Maloney September 26, 2022

The longest strike in Starbucks’s history has come to an end! Today on East to West we cover a stabbing at the College of Fine Arts, students' thoughts on longer FitRec wait times, the historic Starbucks’s...

Greater Boston food bank

Food injustice concerns growing in Boston since pandemic

Jennifer Small September 23, 2022
Amid growing concerns about living expenses, declining incomes and inflation, Boston residents are experiencing increased food prices, insecurity and inaccessibility.
person picks up a grocery bag off the ground

Nonprofits aim to address worsened food insecurity in Boston

Isabella Abraham April 15, 2021
One year in, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to leave many Boston residents facing food insecurity.
The Boston Resiliency Fund, created by the Mayor’s Office on March 16 to provide support to frontline workers and Boston’s most vulnerable residents during the coronavirus outbreak, has raised over $20 million in donations. SOPHIE PARK/ DFP FILE

City collects more than $20 million for coronavirus relief fund

Elyse Genrich March 31, 2020
The Boston Resiliency Fund, launched by the Mayor’s Office on March 16, has surpassed its $20 million goal less than 10 days after its launch.
McKinley Middle School, a public school in Boston. The City of Boston is providing free breakfast and lunch to public school students, many of whom would otherwise go hungry, while schools remain closed due to the coronavirus. CONOR KELLEY/ DFP FILE

City and residents make efforts to feed those in need during pandemic

Jane Avery March 25, 2020
As schoolchildren, the elderly and the immunocompromised face hardships accessing food during a pandemic, communities around them have stepped up to help.
Massachusetts residents who receive food stamps under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program may have their benefits cut by the Trump administration. YICHEN MA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts residents might see cut in food stamp benefits

Amanda Cappelli November 20, 2019
Local residents relying on food stamps might suffer a cut in benefits. The White House has proposed a plan to adjust how eligibility is calculated, and it puts low-income Massachusetts households in the state at a disadvantage.
Shake Shack employees cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Downtown Crossing location, the burger chain’s third Boston storefront. ALYSSA FIGUEROA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Shake Shack opens new location in Boston’s Downtown Crossing

Alyssa Figueroa November 4, 2019
The new store is Boston's third Shake Shack and can be found at 322 Washington Street.
A recent study found that Massachusetts ranks 27th nationally in childhood obesity, with limited access to healthy meals cited as one of the main causes. YICHEN MA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Massachusetts middle of the pack in adolescent obesity rates

Chloe Liu October 18, 2019
Massachusetts has the 27th highest rate of obesity in 10-17 year olds and the fourth lowest rate of obesity in adults, according to recent statistics.

Government workers in Massachusetts face food insecurity under shutdown

Natalie Patrick January 24, 2019
In light of the partial federal government shutdown, the Massachusetts Department of Transitional Assistance began issuing SNAP benefits for the month of February early to eligible employees that are not being paid.
Ellen Parker is a Boston University alumna and executive director of Project Bread, a nonprofit organization to assist those in need of food. PHOTO COURTESY EMILY ABBOTT

TERRIERS INBIZ: Project Bread’s Ellen Parker on fighting statewide hunger

Michaela Johnston December 10, 2015

Terriers InBiz is a series that highlights Boston University alumni who have been innovative leaders in their field and have played a significant role in businesses, locally or globally. Ellen Parker...

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