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The Legislature has enough votes to overturn five of the six bills Kelly vetoed, unless lawmakers flip their votes. She ...
U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern rolled out legislation that would protect the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, as food ...
State Sen. Arthur Orr has once again identified Alabama's biggest problems: Poor people trying to eat and survive.
Iowa Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks sat down with The Daily Iowan and discussed the impacts of the budget reconciliation ...
BBC special correspondent Katty Kay and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on kids, smartphones and whether anything has ...
This chart shows the share of Medicaid/CHIP recipients per 100 inhabitants in states estimated to lose program funding.
If passed, Brown's bill would prevent any reduction in SNAP's monthly benefit levels, elimination of eligibility categories, or limitations on the Thrifty Food Plan methodology, which determines ...
A new effort raise the asset limit for people applying for federal food assistance sees some momentum as the Legislature ...
Those who break the program's rules could lose access to assistance. People who receive their SNAP benefits in the state of Florida do so every month with payment dates ranging from the 1st to the ...
A proposed Texas law that would end the use of SNAP benefits, or food stamps, for buying “junk food” passed the Texas Senate last week. Senate Bill 379, authored by Houston-area state Sen.
Kennedy Jr. Governor Jeff Landry announced on social media last week that the state will request a federal waiver to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits ... nutrition bill filed by State Sen.