Billy Penn spoke with experts and food leaders about how recent legislation will worsen food insecurity in the region.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has created a new work group and tasked it with crafting plans to ban sugary drinks for SNAP recipients.

Decreased Access to Healthy Eating Programming: Nutrition and obesity prevention efforts could be affected due to the ...

Some area food pantries are already gearing up for a possible rise in families who may lose some or all of their FoodShare ...

Alabama lawmakers want to ban SNAP users from buying sugary drinks, fueling debate over health, personal choice, and government control.

Hawaii Island food banks are bracing for an increase in demand for assistance amid a reduction in federal funding. Changes to ...

Each month, one in six people in Oregon receive help from the government-run Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — more ...

Food stamps, redefined by red states Republican governors push to ban soda and candy from SNAP. Critics call it political, not practical ...

The Senate parliamentarian has advised a GOP proposal that would shift some food stamp costs from the federal government to the states would violate the chamber’s strict rules.

In another blow to the Republicans’ tax and spending cut bill, the Senate parliamentarian has advised that a proposal to shift some food stamps costs from the federal government to states — a ...

The Senate Agriculture Committee is proposing some notable changes to the controversial food stamp provisions in the House-approved version of Republicans’ megabill.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, or SNAP-Ed, faces elimination in a GOP bill, sparking concerns about the impact on low-income Americans' health education.