A University of Minnesota food education program is on the cutting board. It has been funded by the federal government until now. It's part of $190 billion in cuts to food stamps over the next decade.

Sweeping changes are on the way for millions of SNAP recipients in 12 states that have banned unhealthy food and/or drinks from being purchased using benefits—and more could soon join them. The ...

Work requirements beginning this week for certain SNAP beneficiaries could lead to thousands of people losing their food assistance at grocery stores, members of the state legislature said on Tuesday.

Aliss Higham is a Newsweek reporter based in Glasgow, Scotland. Her focus is reporting on Social Security, other government benefits and personal finance. She has previously extensively covered U.S.

Growing up on Charlotte’s east side, Amaya Robinson watched the city morph. New buildings popped up all over, people poured into the city to inhabit them and the city’s cost of living skyrocketed. A ...

Social media company Snap (NYSE: SNAP) climbed 2.7% to close at $7.33 on Tuesday, breaking out of its recent slide and notching its third straight day of gains. The move came on heavy volume of 102.7 ...

Alex Palou earns pole position for the penultimate IndyCar Series race of the season, the Snap-On 250 at the Milwaukee Mile. David Malukas also starts on the front row. Palou has already clinched the ...

MONTH. CANDY AND CERTAIN SUGARY DRINKS COULD SOON BE BANNED FROM THE SNAP PROGRAM IN SOUTH CAROLINA, GOVERNOR HENRY MCMASTER HAS ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DIRECTING THE DSS TO SUBMIT A WAIVER REQUEST ...

During Michael O'Sullivan's eight years as legal chief, revenue increased six-fold, and the company doled out hundreds of millions of dollars to settle litigation. Michael O’Sullivan, who has served ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has issued an executive order seeking to ban candy and sweetened drinks from government food assistance eligibility. McMaster filed the order on Sept. 3, which ...

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