Four Republican states have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to let them ban soda, energy drinks and other food items ...

The Trump administration wants to stop poor people from using federal food benefits for candy or soda. In an initiative ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a memorandum to all state agencies administering the Supplemental Nutrition ...

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

SNAP is the primary way the government helps feed Americans who can't afford food, but many don't understand how the program ...

Governor Brad Little signed a bill on April 15 that bans candy and soda from being purchased with SNAP benefits in Idaho.

In 2023, Kansas had a payment error rate of more than 12 percent for SNAP applications. That surpassed the national average ...

after being accused of fraudulently receiving $20,369 in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, according to DSS. Dennis Lee Phillips Jr., 42, and Jennifer Nichole Phillips ...

Special agents with the South Carolina Department of Social Services, Office of Inspector General, have arrested a Beaufort ...

Kennedy Jr. HB109 requires a federal waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to implement the changes to Idaho's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. Little said his ...

Colorado could join a small list of states in the nation that allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients to get a hot prepared meal using their benefits.