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

The Department of Transitional Assistance is issuing a final warning to EBT cardholders across Massachusetts that their ...

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

The U.S. Agriculture Department is demanding states comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to prevent illegal ...

More than $3.6 million in SNAP benefits has 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 ...

Veronica Cox had a plan, and receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to help feed her three kids wasn’t part of it. She got a bachelor’s degree in criminal ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new measures aimed at tightening identity and immigration verification procedures for applicants to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

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.