The USDA, which oversees SNAP, first announced a plan to make states share benefit recipient data in a directive issued in ...

Michigan is among the states that sued the federal government over a pending rule that seeks extensive access to the records ...

Kansas officials are pushing back against federal officials who are demanding the release of personal information for those ...

The lawsuit argues that the USDA’s demand for sensitive data, including social security numbers and home addresses, violates ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 21 other attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the USDA for demanding ...

In announcing the states’ lawsuit, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said the 'unprecedented' demand 'violates all kinds of ...

Over 41 million Americans rely on SNAP benefits annually to ensure food security. However, some states are tightening ...

A legal battle intensifies as over 20 states challenge a federal data request they say threatens privacy protections and public confidence.

The federal agency has indicated it would withhold food assistance dollars from states that do not comply with its request ...

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has joined 20 other states in filing a SNAP lawsuit against the U.S. Department of ...

Nationally, the demand is being challenged in court by students, SNAP recipients, the Electronic Privacy Information Center ...

According to the lawsuit, the demand from the USDA, which came in the form of a letter in May, threatened states with ...