U.S. Senate Republicans will propose more moderate changes to the major federal food assistance program than their House counterparts, Senate Agriculture Chairman John Boozman said Wednesday, detailin ...

Amid a quiet legislative session for health, lawmakers’ priority legislation reinforced the U.S. health secretary’s agenda.

Aaron Scott, a founding pastor of the Freedom Church of the Poor, is a trans justice organizer, a partner of the Kairos ...

The changes are set to take effect in January. SNAP recipients can now use the assistance to buy anything except alcohol, tobacco, personal care products and hot or prepared food. Gov. Brad Little ...

Leadership with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma is worried that a federal bill that could cut taxes by $3.75 trillion would hurt Oklahomans. Stacy Dykstra, CEO of the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma ...

With a proposed plan of billions in federal cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program now heading before the ...

Republicans on the Senate Ag Committee are looking to scale back the cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program contained in the House-based budget reconciliation bill.

A grant is allowing the Ottawa County Farmers Market Association to increase its matching funds from $25 to $50 for people who use food stamps.

Federal authorities have expanded emergency food assistance for residents affected by recent severe weather in Kentucky, ...

(NEXSTAR) – On May 19, Nebraska became the first state in the country to obtain a waiver from the USDA to ban residents from purchasing sugary drinks with benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition ...

a Program for Hunger Free Oklahoma,” site. “If you qualify for the [Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program] program [you can] use SNAP at the market,” said Marla Saeger, president of the ...

Note: SNAP stands for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Dates shown are fiscal years. Benefit figures inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Among the key pieces in the fiscal package passed ...