The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) provides federal funds to support low-income mothers and their children up to age 5.

State and local officials say as long as the federal shutdown ends soon, the WIC voucher program won’t be affected. The $8 billion program, officially labeled as Special Supplemental Nutrition for ...

As the government shutdown stretches into day 14, funding for vital programs remains stuck in a deadlock limbo between Congressional Republicans and Democrats. Thus far, programs such as Social ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 2—WILKES-BARRE — U.S. Rep. Rob Bresnahan, Jr., R-Dallas Township, this week introduced H.R. 5836 — the Keep WIC Working Act — ...