A new bill filed in Frankfort would exclude junk foods and other foods of low nutritional value from Supplemental Nutrition ...

Act, which made it harder for the state's neediest residents to access federal food and cash assistance funding.

Commonly referred to as "food stamps," SNAP benefits are administered nationwide to low- and no-income households that would otherwise struggle to purchase groceries. In 2023, the program served an ...

Chaos ensued after the Office of Management and Budget issued a vague memo ordering a pause to federal financial assistance.

Donald Trump's second term as president of the United States came with a series of impositions to make changes in the ...

A bill that would forbid Idaho food benefit recipients from using taxpayer dollars to buy candy or soda is getting put on ice ...

In its current form, SNAP operates as a de facto subsidy program that props up some of the unhealthiest parts of the food ...

Republicans want to ban the use of federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds to purchase candy and soda.

Even if the federal government shuts down again this month, the Supplemental Assistance Program is funded through March. That’s the news McLeod County Human Service Director Gary ...

Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and the chief ... own recovery,” a press release announcing the program reads. “The Department of Angels is not a government or private-sector initiative; it is a ...

The bill to add photo ID would cost an anticipated $738,300 in one-time costs to get it going, and another $411,418 in ...

proposed two bills aimed at the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP; one would require the state health ...