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Following a request by the federal government, the state of Alaska has turned over the personal information of roughly 70,000 ...
Yes, if you're going through a difficult time and you're not working, you may still qualify for SNAP if you fall into an exempt group.
Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee repeatedly criticized a Republican proposal to make states pay for the ...
Proposed federal cuts to SNAP could leave Missouri scrambling for funding as food insecurity rises, with nearly one in six in ...
The Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended in Section 6 (b) by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, and Sections 403, 416 and 1102 of the Social Security Act provide for this action.
Key House committees continue work today on their pieces of that “big, beautiful” budget reconciliation bill Republicans are ...
SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a federal initiative dedicated to combating hunger and food ...
House committees have been laboring for months to draft the legislation, which Republicans have labeled “THE ONE, BIG, ...
The debate over restricting SNAP benefits to promote healthier choices is heating up. As states like Louisiana consider bans ...
There’s a battle brewing in Congress over how much you can eat. To be more specific, it’s about how much politicians think you “deserve” to be able to eat if you fall on hard times. From ...
It's been an uphill battle to collect data that can prove eliminating the use of SNAP benefits to buy sugary drinks will ...
Millions of Americans are checking their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) accounts today to see when May's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) deposits ...