OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - New SNAP restrictions in Nebraska are raising questions about whether it helps or hurts low-income shoppers already stretching tight budgets. Cuts in funding and a ban on junk ...

“It is heartbreaking to see it go, and just because you don’t see a massive profit off of something doesn’t mean it isn’t worth it,” SNAP-ED Program Coordinator Sara Bertles said. The local SNAP-ED ...

Just as the beginning of a new year is a time for families to figure out their finances, the same is true for state legislatures. In the coming months, the majority of states will be penning their ...

Gov. Ned Lamont delivers an opening address on the first day of the legislative session on Feb. 4, 2026. Credit: Shahrzad Rasekh / CT Mirror Despite calls by some lawmakers for the creation of a state ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is launching a temporary state-funded food assistance program to provide a one-time lump-sum payment to households that are impacted by new federal Supplemental ...

President Trump signed a bill that made his 2019 tax cuts permanent and cut SNAP funding by an estimated $186 billion through 2034. The new law makes it more difficult to qualify for SNAP benefits by ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Auditors say a combination of mistakes led to a sharp increase in errors in Kansas’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in recent years ...

Summary: Stricter federal compliance rules and mounting backlogs have exposed a critical weakness in how states process SNAP benefits. Modernizing document workflows in these outdated, paper-heavy ...

BOISE (Idaho Capital Sun) — State and federal changes to food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are expected to start affecting Idahoans in 2026. The Idaho ...

Florida appears set to tighten restrictions on SNAP benefits in 2026 under a new pilot program that allows states to block the purchase of certain goods through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...