States have started banning junk food from SNAP. It’s not going according to plan.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - If the federal government freezes funding to the food stamp program, the financial hit would have an impact beyond the low-income families who depend on it. It also would be a ...

Public assistance, commonly called welfare, and the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, are two lifelines that millions of American households depend on to stave off hunger and make ends meet ...

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...

Food stamps were first issued in 1939 as an assistance program to prevent starvation during the Great Depression. But 86 years later, thousands of liquor stores and smoke shops have become approved ...