With the closing of a local soup kitchen and more restrictive eligibility requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful ...

By Chris Sanders The U.S. House voted Thursday, July 2, for final passage of a budget bill that will make basic needs like ...

School vouchers are going national and the federal student loan system is getting an overhaul. Here's what to know.

Alabamians receiving federal food assistance would not be able to use it to buy candy or soda under legislation planned for ...

Alabama is on the verge of a significant change in the use of SNAP benefits, aiming to promote healthier habits by ...

Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said he's drafting a bill that would keep SNAP recipients from buying candy. He said it's about ...

The use of SNAP food stamps is about to undergo a major change in the United States. Alabama lawmakers have proposed a law that would prevent the purchase of soft drinks and candy ...

This week, eligible U.S. households may get up to $1,756 in SNAP benefits to help cover food costs. Learn who qualifies and ...

A monthly average of 750,000 people in Alabama received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits last year.

"We're paying for Medicaid care for a problem we facilitated with [food stamps] and taxpayers are getting hit both ways," ...