Local food assistance agencies, such as the Freestore Foodbank, are preparing for an increase in demand if these cuts are ...

Waiver grants flexibility by modifying specific USDA program rules, enabling states to administer SNAP program in different ...

COLUMBIA — Madina Okot, a 6-foot-6 center from Mississippi State committed to South Carolina women's basketball on April 21 and officially signed, the school announced April 22. Okot posted on ...

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, submitted a SNAP waiver request to the USDA on May 12, reported The Des Moines Register. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would ...

The House Agriculture Committee approved nearly $300 billion in cuts to SNAP benefits, putting many at risk of hunger.

The U.S House Agriculture Committee is scheduled to mark-up its Reconciliation Bill that would require them to cut $230 billion in spending, including from the SNAP food assistance program.

Over 40 million Americans rely on SNAP. House Republicans proposed at least $230 billion in cuts to federal nutrition ...

they’re proposing cuts to what they call “waste and fraud” in Medicaid and SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Local Impact: A Stroke Survivor Struggles With Proposed ...

House Ag Committee Ranking Member Rep. Angie Craig, D-Minn., speaks at a press conference challenging Republicans' cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Lydia Johnson photo).

As national lawmakers debate significant cuts to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), local food pantries are bracing for the potential impact. Kathy Kelly-Long ...

But now, Republicans in Congress are looking into forcing states to pay for 5% to 25% of SNAP funding in a move experts warn could force state governments to remove individuals from the food ...

Cooper explained these cuts would directly impact families who rely on SNAP. “I worry that the only ... York are leading an effort to boost the state and local tax deduction, which the bill ...