FRESH program would provide one-time SNAP cash; critics question cost

As new federal work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program take effect this month, Illinois lawmakers ...

Iowa Republicans target SNAP, public assistance eligibility in 2 bills

Iowa Republican lawmakers are advancing bills that would require the state to maintain a waiver restricting SNAP recipients from buying pop and candy.

A judge says she'll rule that the US still cannot force states to provide data on SNAP recipients

A judge says she plans to rule that President Donald Trump's administration still cannot force states to hand over detailed ...

Here’s what to know as new SNAP work requirements are going into effect

The SNAP changes are the result of the federal budget law passed in 2025, which supporters argue is intended to promote workforce participation. Critics, however, caution that the expanded ...

Soda ban for food stamp recipients would cost South Dakota $248,000 annually, report says

Barring the use of food stamp benefits for soda purchases would cost South Dakota taxpayers $310,000 in the first two years, according to a fiscal impact statement released Thursday evening by the ...
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Governor’s bill would codify SNAP healthy foods waiver

A bill proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and advanced from a House subcommittee Thursday would perpetuate the state’s restrictions on food items that can be purchased with federal nutrition assistance.
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Proposed Farm Bill Ignores Unfolding Food Assistance Crisis

No one should go hungry in a nation with as many resources as ours, and the farm bill presents a critical opportunity for Congress to reduce food insecurity by restoring and strengthening SNAP, our ...

Iowa politics: Governor’s bill would codify SNAP healthy foods waiver

A bill proposed by Gov. Kim Reynolds and advanced from a House subcommittee Thursday would perpetuate the state’s restrictions on food items that can be purchased with federal nutrition assistance.
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Forty individuals, organizations object to Kansas Senate bill adding barriers to food and health aid

Melissa Sabin spoke officially on behalf of Little Lobbyists Kansas and personally in the name of her son, Logan, against a Kansas Senate bill aggressively expanding the state’s ...

Second Harvest Food Bank to support federal workers during partial shutdown

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest North Carolina says SNAP, WIC, and TEFAP programs will continue operating.
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Administration promises to adapt dietary guidelines across government

At an extraordinary event that featured former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, who was featured in a Super Bowl TV commercial criticizing processed food, Trump administration officials on ...

House farm bill would set hemp testing, pesticide label authority

The draft bill would set intoxicant testing requirements for hemp, give the EPA sole authority for pesticide labeling, restrict states from setting animal cruelty standards that apply to other states, ...