The two safety-net programs are at risk of losing nearly $1 trillion in funding under a sweeping bill House Republicans ...

Governor Greg Abbott has asked for Texas SNAP benefit recipients to be prevented from spending them on soda and candy.

Congressional Republicans are on the precipice of approving $290 billion in cuts to the largest low-income anti-hunger ...

A sweeping Farm Bill that includes $300 billion in cuts to food assistance programs has cleared the U.S. House Committee on ...

Houston’s Fifth Ward is the only area in the state currently without an elected member of Congress to fight the proposed GOP ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to ...

Democratic governors held a press call to discuss their opposition to a Republican-backed budget bill that proposes ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to forbid purchases of unhealthy foods ...

Texas Democrats in Congress are concerned about proposed cuts to health care and food assistance programs. Texas Democrats in Congress are concerned about proposed cuts to health care and food ...

While some politicians may view SNAP as an expendable government handout, the program helped lift 604,000 Texans above the ...

The U.S. House is poised to vote on the massive budget reconciliation bill imminently which also includes preservation of ...

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP ...