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

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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

To be more specific, it’s about how much politicians think you “deserve” to be able to eat if you fall on hard times.