SNAP cost-sharing rules will come into force in 2028 if the bill becomes law. The bill now heads back to the House of Representatives, where lawmakers will cast a final vote. If it passes, it will ...

Over 40 million Americans rely on SNAP. Trump's new legislation will cut nearly $200 billion from federal nutrition programs over the next decade.

Numerous Republican-led states are working to ban candy and soda as eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits, with new rules expected in some states as early as January 2026. This week, U.S ...

Three states received the latest USDA waivers allowing them to prohibit participants in the government's food assistance SNAP program from buying junk food.

Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) event Thursday that the Trump administration will eliminate junk food from food stamp programs.

The average benefit loss for 114,000 NJ families will be $182 monthly as the state faces new requirements to fund the program.

"Payments to individuals under the Social Security and Medicare programs are disproportionately concentrated in states with the largest elderly populations," according to the report.As of 2022 ...

John Walk, acting deputy under secretary for food, nutrition, and consumer services, wrote in a letter Thursday to state SNAP agencies, explaining the existing law. "By law, only United States ...

In this opinion piece, Eric Steiner of Olsson Frank Weeda Terman Matz PC, argues that requiring a federal-state cost share for SNAP benefits would be a double hit to states.