Effective immediately, a mayor’s verification is no longer required when applying for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits, according to an announcement from Public ...

The legislation, proposed by the GOP, aims to make major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ... to Feeding Louisiana. New requirements and severe cuts to SNAP could ...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP ... such as sugary snacks and sodas, with SNAP benefits. Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry has signed an executive order to ban purchasing soft ...

Louisiana lawmakers may restrict sugary drink purchases for those on the federal food assistance program SNAP and increase nutrition requirements for school lunches in a bill that follows the ...

Six parishes in Louisiana were chosen to be part of a USDA-funded pilot project aimed at encouraging SNAP recipients to make healthy food choices. Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a ...

A new program to help Louisiana families pay for private education drew nearly 40,000 applications in less than two months, state officials said Wednesday — a number that Gov. Jeff Landry ...

The governor said that banning candy and soft drinks from the SNAP program will help reform the state's food state program and that she believes it will "encourage" families to eat better.

“Banning soft drinks and candy from food stamps will remove some of the least-healthy, most-processed foods from the program and encourage low-income Arkansans to eat better. Arkansas leads the ...