Proposed reductions in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are the latest flash point ...

A major political battle is brewing on Capitol Hill as House Republicans push for sweeping changes to the Supplemental ...

SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is one of the nation's largest welfare ...

As states push to restrict SNAP purchases of soda and candy, debate grows over whether food stamps should fund only ...

The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as ...

A press release from the governor’s office called the program an alternative to the federal program that will feed children ...

Illinois had a slight decrease in food assistance recipients in January, yet the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation remains higher than it was a decade ago and ahead of ...

A huge chunk of their funding comes from a USDA grant that is about to expire and the will be applying for more money in the ...

To be more specific, it’s about how much politicians think you “deserve” to be able to eat if you fall on hard times.

A federal judge said Missourians living in poverty "have gone hungry" due to bureaucratic hurdles that the state knows about ...

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