Senate Republicans said on Thursday that they would forge ahead with a plan to slash federal food assistance to the poor, ...

The bishops urged lawmakers to reconsider "provisions that will harm the poor and disadvantaged, as well as our immigrant ...

The changes would put a burden on states and create a strong incentive for state governments to kick people off federal food benefits.

The U.S. Senate parliamentarian has determined revised language in Senate Republicans' tax and spending measure concerning ...

Washington state refused to comply with the federal government’s recent request for personal data on residents who receive or apply for food stamps.

Oklahoma state officials announced junk food restrictions on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and stripped the ...

There are many barriers Illinois residents face in making healthy choices. For over 30 years, University of Illinois ...

Republicans are working to pass major federal cost cuts to the program, which provides monthly benefits to for some 40 million Americans.

Through the years, the idea of not using SNAP to subsidize soda and candy has had bipartisan support. And the recent efforts ...

Tens of thousands of people across Sonoma County and the North Coast rely on SNAP benefits to make ends meet. That aid could ...

A spokesperson for the Senate Agriculture Committee said Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough appears open to a ...

Michigan had anticipated cutting benefits for the state's nearly 1.5 million federal food aid participants because it ...