Idaho is considering a bill to seek a federal waiver to forbid food stamps from being used to buy soda and candy, in order to ...

Welcome to the second episode in a special four-part series from Health Affairs on the intersection of food, nutrition, and ...

Currently, SNAP contains a provision that limits purchases to food that needs to be prepared at home before it is consumed or specifically cold prepared foods. The Hot Foods Act would remove this ...

School kids in rural Maine have benefited from a national U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) program bringing local ...

State officials are reminding Pennsylvanians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to change their ...

Another proposal would roll back the 2021 change in the thrifty food plan. This would cut current benefits and save $274 billion over a decade. One hitch is that House Agriculture Committee Chair G.T.

The state Department of Human Services said it has a 25% vacancy for eligibility workers and 50% for clerical staff at SNAP ...

Over 42 million people are registered for SNAP benefits, with nearly 25% of funds used to buy unhealthy food, such as cakes, ...

The consequences of these cuts will continue to unfold in the months ahead, affecting families, schools, and farmers who have long relied on USDA support. Community leaders stress that the fight to ...

Texas could lose nearly 68,000 jobs and over $400 million in tax revenue in 2026 if federal cuts to Medicaid and the ...