SNAP food-choice waivers, or SNAP Food Restriction waivers, allow states to restrict beneficiaries from using benefits to ...

Shortly before the pause on federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits was enacted on Sunday, the TikToks began cropping up: In one video, a Black woman is in a home full of ...

Six more states signed a pledge to ban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments from being used on sugary foods or drinks. Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia, and ...

Erika D. Smith is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. She is a former Los Angeles Times columnist and Sacramento Bee editorial board member. During this fall’s government shutdown, ...

Republicans expanded SNAP work requirements, tightened eligibility, and shifted more administrative costs to the states.

In August 2025, Takara Gamble, a 28-year-old in Texas, began receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. She doesn’t have a car, so most of her paychecks go towards paying for ...

INDIANA SNAP RECIPIENTS WILL SEE SOME CHANGES IN THE NEW YEAR. STARTING JANUARY 1ST, YOU’LL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO BUY ANY ...

Grocery and food delivery apps are stepping in as the federal government fails to reinstate food assistance for millions of Americans amid the government shutdown. DoorDash and Instacart — two of the ...

Hoosiers using SNAP benefits won’t be able to buy sugary drinks or candy starting New Year’s Day as part of a new state ...

To the lawmakers in Congress who seem to be stuck on Reagan-era myths about the people who rely on food stamps, here’s an idea: Let’s reframe the idea of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, ...

As the government shutdown halts federal funding, more than 40 million Americans who rely on SNAP benefits could temporarily lose access to grocery assistance starting November 1. Instacart announced ...

Iowa Senator Joni Ernst has introduced legislation aimed at changing how some recipients use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to buy prepared meals. SNAP currently serves more ...