Texas moves closer to banning chips, soda and candy from food stamp program
Proponents say taxpayer money shouldn't subsidize junk food. Critics say it could exacerbate hunger in places without easy ...
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Texas Senate passes bill prohibiting using SNAP benefits for junk food
An advocacy group called Make Texans Healthy Again (MHTA) praised the move by the Texas Senate in a news release as a way to ...
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Medicaid, SNAP cuts could cost 68,000 Texas jobs, shrink state GDP, report finds
A new study about potential cuts to Medicaid and SNAP found that Texas could see its gross domestic product shrink by $7 ...
SNAP Texas Payment Schedule: What days do you receive your food stamps in April 2025?
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as Food Stamps, is designed to provide benefits to people ...
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Lawmakers want to "Make Texas Healthy Again"
Texas Republicans are embracing Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "make America healthy again" ...
SNAP Benefits Face Ban on Certain Foods Under New Bill
Texas state Senator Mayes Middleton said his bill was about "making sure taxpayer funded food stamps are used to buy ...
Texas lawmakers consider measure prohibiting SNAP benefits from being used to purchase junk food
A bill in the Texas legislature would prohibit purchasing junk food, including soda, energy drinks, candy, chips and cookies, with SNAP benefits.
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Feeding Texas urges legislators to help streamline the SNAP eligibility process
TEXAS (KAUZ) - The Feeding Texas network and Texas Food Policy Roundtable are urging lawmakers to pass HB 2202 and SB 1031.
Texas would lose 67,000 jobs under Republican cuts to Medicaid, SNAP, study says
House Republicans' proposal to cut federal spending by $1.1 trillion over the next decade would result in a $113 billion ...
Which beneficiaries receive their SNAP Texas payment in the last week of March 2025?
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as Food Stamps, provides a key resource to more than 42 million low-income Americans, helping them meet their basic ...
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How Potential Federal Cuts to Medicaid and SNAP Could Trigger the Loss of a Million-Plus Jobs, Reduced Economic Activity, and Less State Revenue
Combined losses from proposed cuts to Medicaid and SNAP would reach $1.1 trillion over a decade, including a $95 billion loss ...
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Texas lawmakers consider measure prohibiting SNAP benefits from being used to purchase junk food
A bill making its way through the Texas legislature would bar people from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on junk food, including soda, energy drinks, candy ...