Some 2.4 million fewer Americans, including families with children, are forecast to receive food stamps benefits in an ...

Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, and West Virginia were granted new waivers to restrict the purchase of so-called “junk ...

After a year in the U.S. Navy, Loceny Kamara said he was discharged in 2023, because while on base he had developed mental health issues, including severe anxiety and nightmares, and had fallen into ...

Food stamp fraud is on the rise causing even more hardship for some who need help the most. One victim reached out to WPTV ...

Two Pennsylvania Senators are aiming to exclude junk foods that are calorie-dense and nutrient-poor from purchase under the ...

Millions of low-income families with kids will get more help paying for food this summer − depending on what state they live in. More than half of U.S. states are set to take part in a new ...

Minus the extra 15% in benefits, a typical food stamp payment falls short of low-income meal costs in 96% of U.S. counties, according to an analysis from the Urban Institute, a centrist think tank.

About 40 percent of food stamp households — the poorest — were left out of the benefit expansion. (The increase gives all households the maximum benefit, $509 for a family of three, though the ...