Alaska Airlines is expanding its fresh meal offerings to include short-haul flights between 670 and 774 miles, offering ...

House Republicans were jubilant after muscling through President Trump’s tax and immigration package by a single vote. But ...

A new lawsuit filed Thursday says the U.S. Department of Agriculture's demand for sensitive data about millions of food stamp ...

House Republicans unveiled a new spending plan Monday that would significantly restructure the food stamp program by linking federal funding to each state’s payment ...

Alaska’s Department of Health is again slipping into a backlog of food stamp applications. The news comes from state data included in a filing from the Northern Justice Project in its class ...

Participation in SNAP in Alaska grew by more than 45% over the last year, according to federal data that measured from March 2023 to March 2024. It was the biggest increase in food stamp program ...

according to the Alaska Beacon. Gleason refused to grant stays in February after the state relapsed into another backlog of food stamp applications. State officials said they have worked through ...

Alaska’s Department of Health owes the federal government $11.9 million because it overpaid food stamp benefits last year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has informed the state. In a Friday ...

More Alaskans will be able to access food stamps following lawmakers’ vote to expand eligibility for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday night. Alaska will join 42 other ...

A sign outside of a grocery store welcomes those on food assistance in a Brooklyn neighborhood that has a large immigrant and elderly population on Oct. 16, 2023, in New York City. Alaska has some ...

In Alaska, about 12% of the state’s population, or 92,100 people, receive food stamps. The average payment ... After eight, the program adds a maximum of $281 for each additional member.

It's also true that the program would be challenging for everyday government employees in those states to implement in 2024, she said. Researchers say expanding summer food stamp benefits for kids ...