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 ...

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

The House Agriculture Committee approved nearly $300 billion in cuts to SNAP benefits, putting many at risk of hunger.

In a letter to the USDA, Gov. Abbott has asked for the department to forbid purchases of unhealthy foods under SNAP benefits.

Gov. Abbott has sent a letter asking for a waiver to ban unhealthy foods from SNAP benefits. While the U.S. Agriculture ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , formerly known as Food Stamps, is a federal government initiative that provides support to low-income individuals and familie ...

State governments would have to shoulder a portion of the cost to keep SNAP going when historically, the federal government ...

Feeding Texas urges the members of the House Agriculture Committee and all members of the U.S. House to reject these proposed ...

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

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP program. Under a Gov. Greg Abbott plan, low-income Texans could use ...