The move was part of a broader effort to to freeze social services to some Democratic-led states amid a fraud investigation ...

Many stores appearing on fraudulent SNAP transactions say they don’t know how it’s happening. Some are not open during the ...

Food assistance is often framed as a safety net for children and working families, but it is just as central to stability for older adults. For the roughly 11 million seniors who rely on food stamps ...

A report by the National Grocers Association and other industry trade groups estimated that carrying out SNAP restrictions ...

Residents who receive food stamps in Baker, Umatilla and Morrow counties have until Jan. 16 to apply for replacement benefits ...

The Nevada agency responsible for administering food stamps is planning to ask the federal government to prohibit recipients from using benefit dollars toward sugary and energy drinks and certain ...

Pennsylvania’s attorney general has charged a McCandless couple with running an “elaborate scheme” to illegally buy food ...

Facing a deadline to recertify SNAP recipients in four counties or lose funding, the state hopes to beat the USDA in court.

A dozen new laws took effect Jan. 1, including one designed to provide more consistency in sentencing of felony crimes.

Most of Alaska’s errors in 2024 were overpayments. Other jurisdictions with high rates of overpayment are Washington, D.C.

Underpayments are less frequent, with most states underpaying only 1% or 2% of the time. The most underpayments were in ...