Illinois had a slight decrease in food assistance recipients in January, yet the state’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

SNAP, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, is one of the nation's largest welfare ...

The Trump administration has a new plan to get "healthy" food to low-income seniors, but an anti-hunger advocate fears many ...

A press release from the governor’s office called the program an alternative to the federal program that will feed children ...

While the agriculture and food industries are focused this week on potential cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) joined her colleagues on the House Agriculture Committee to discuss the Republican ...

Four Republican states have asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to let them ban soda, energy drinks and other food items ...

Minn., the ranking member on the House Agriculture Committee, made a vigorous case today for the importance of the ...

The Trump administration wants to stop poor people from using federal food benefits for candy or soda. In an initiative ...

A KMAland federal lawmaker has proposed legislation protecting Medicaid and SNAP benefits for Iowa's "most vulnerable" ...

Its work requirement is evaded, and states don’t share in its costs.

North Dakota Health and Human Services (NDHHS) has raised its qualifying income levels for public health programs that serve ...