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

Cuts to SNAP would be detrimental to the emergency food system in Illinois, including food pantries and food banks.

The House Agriculture Committee is looking to early May to mark up its portion of the president's party-line bill.

In Illinois, the problem is more pronounced. In 2000, 6.8% of Illinoisans were on SNAP. Today, 15.1% of Illinoisans are on ...

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

More than $3.6 million in SNAP benefits have been stolen from nearly 8,000 Massachusetts families since mid-December, when ...

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

During the outage, Massachusetts EBT cardholders will not be able to use them for food and cash purchases or for cash withdrawals.

In a move sparking debate across the nutrition policy landscape, several states are exploring restrictions on how ...

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

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

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) will send out its first issuance of Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) benefits Wednesday.