For some on the right, though, the fact that food-stamp recipients can use the subsidies to buy junk food instead of healthy ...

Find out when SNAP benefits will be distributed in May 2025 and who qualifies for early payments. Here's a look at the full ...

Governors in Indiana, Arkansas, Idaho and West Virginia want to stop letting people use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to buy soda, candy and other unhealthy food.

Recipients remain free to purchase whatever foods they want—with their own money.

Brian Barks, president and CEO of Food Bank for the Heartland, said they are fighting against LB656 and similar measures, ...

Steep cuts to federal funding and staffing are threatening to weaken the US social safety net at a time when Americans are increasingly bracing for a tariff-induced economic slowdown.

Proposals that Congress could enact this year, including through fast-track “reconciliation” legislation, would take away ...

According to PBS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently halted more than $500 million in deliveries to food banks ...

Republicans are hitting a major roadblock in drafting their “big, beautiful” megabill: Divisions over how deeply to cut ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is crucial for millions of Americans. In Florida, payments begin May 1 ...

As a child, I felt so fancy when we used the purple food stamps — those were the pretty ones. We were a hardworking, loving family. My parents ensured we weren’t around anyone who tried to make us ...

Beloit, WI — SSM Health announced a partnership with the Janesville and Beloit farmers markets aimed at improving food ...