Retailers are figuring out how to navigate new policies tightening participation in the food assistance program and ...

SNAP is funded by federal tax dollars but administered by state governments, and states can make changes by submitting waivers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Revising what SNAP ...

Despite the late Justice Louis Brandeis's famous praise of the American political system for helping courageous states serve as "laboratories of democracy," the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

Per the Urban Institute, the One Big Beautiful Bill also stipulates that the Thrifty Food Plan, under the auspices of SNAP, ...

A governor’s task force composed of retailers, medical professionals and government officials has begun its work to help Ohio achieve its not-so-straightforward goal of excluding sugary, ...

With the stroke of a pen in Washington, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are now living under the threat of hunger and illness. The “One Big Beautiful Bill” guts the Supplemental Nutrition ...

It’s unclear when the reconciliation bill’s budget changes will take effect, leaving many in limbo about food assistance and ...

The Trump administration has sought to collect private information on mostly lower-income people who may be in the country illegally.

Without leadership and swift, coordinated action, the state risks being overwhelmed by both the scale of the financial burden ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A war of words has broken out between Western New York congressional representatives from opposite parties ...

These changes mark the most substantial SNAP cuts in the program's history and affect both federal funding and eligibility rules.

As federal lawmakers clash over recent changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), food pantries across ...