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Are SNAP benefits getting cut in 2025? Here’s what we know about federal budget talks, who could be impacted, and when ...
The food assistance program is both popular and effective. Don’t plunder it to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.
Under the Trump administration, the conversation about welfare is heating up again, this time with renewed claims that the ...
In a packed town hall at the Hillary Rodham Clinton Children's Library and Learning Center, central Arkansans gathered to ...
Community leaders say cuts to SNAP will be devastating for people who rely on the program to feed their children.
Three detailed, independent analyses of the reconciliation bill found it would cut the number of program beneficiaries by ...
Here's important background info and research to bolster news coverage of potential reductions in federal spending on the ...
In a district where 201,000 residents rely on Medicaid, congresswoman says loss of coverage for more than 27,000 will ...
The Congressional Budget Office projects it could save around $40 billion. Some former SNAP recipients worry this will be a hurdle because of the cost or the lack of child care. But not all lawmak ...
Congress can take commonsense steps to improve SNAP and reduce its cost without cutting benefits. Government agencies can be more frugal with taxpayer dollars by reducing state level operational ...
SNAP, the largest anti-hunger program nationwide, has traditionally been solely federally funded, and state leaders have expressed concerns that introducing cost-sharing will harm state budgets.
In a letter to Congress, Gov. Maura Healey is urging lawmakers to reject changes proposed by Republicans to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that would shift costs to states ...