About 23% of food stamp dollars go to purchase items like soda, candy, desserts and salty snacks. That contributes to higher ...

The state has relatively high food costs, and SNAP benefits are not adjusted for regional cost of living differences outside ...

High-tech criminals are preying on low-income families in Northeast Ohio and across the nation. A new report says EBT theft ...

Low-income Missourians who receive food assistance would be prohibited from buying soda and candy with their benefits under a ...

These states are acting out of medical and fiscal necessity. Food stamps − the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) − are a major way Americans buy junk food, such as soda and candy.

A jury convicted Katrina Weems in January of money laundering and misusing the benefits of FoodShare, the Wisconsin food ...

By the 1980s, nutrition education grants were added to the program. In 1992, as diet concerns continued to grow, some states ...

God's Storehouse, a food bank on Memorial Drive in Danville, is grappling with a potential crisis as the USDA plans to cut ...

Two bills have been introduced in the House of Representatives to eliminate soda from the list of items that may be bought ...

Members of the Puerto Rico Advisory Committee, thank you for today’s opportunity to testify on Puerto Rico’s inequitable ...

Data shows SNAP benefit thefts are on the rise nationwide, and advocates in the Philadelphia area are offering a solution.