The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a lifeline for millions of low-income families in the U.S., faces a potential overhaul. The OBBBA proposal could shift financial burdens to states ...

Beginning Feb. 18, SNAP benefits in Louisiana can no longer be used to buy candy, soft drinks or energy drinks. State leaders ...

Indiana Senate Republicans have released a bill that would add immigration checks to SNAP and Medicaid, potentially removing ...

Facing a deadline to recertify SNAP recipients in four counties or lose funding, the state hopes to beat the USDA in court.

Iowa is joining other states in the nation in changing what can be bought using SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Farm bills – famously complex legislative and spending balances between farm subsidies, food assistance, conservation and ...

California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York are targeted, and the Department of Health and Human Services said ...

The Trump administration's new federal dietary guidelines brought mixed reviews from local health and food officials, who ...

The Nevada agency responsible for administering food stamps is planning to ask the federal government to prohibit recipients from using the benefits to buy sugary and energy drinks and ...

New US dietary guidelines released Wednesday echo past advice, but also include nods to US Health and Human Services ...

As part of its claims of widespread fraud in the federal safety net, the Trump administration is halting $10 billion in ...

Alabama lawmakers start their annual session Tuesday, just four months before the election primary when legislators will ask ...