Lawmakers in 2024 let lapse the authority for states to reimburse food stamp recipients who lost their benefits to fraud. Several lawmakers want to reverse course. In the two years the Agriculture ...

Arizona is allocating $7.5 million to address long wait times for food stamp and unemployment benefits. The funding will allow the state to hire 115 temporary workers and pay overtime to existing ...

THANK YOU. AND NOW TO BREAKING NEWS OUT OF MARTIN COUNTY, WHERE DEPUTIES HAVE ARRESTED THE WOMAN WHO WAS CAUGHT ON CAMERA STEALING A TOY DONATION BOX MEANT TO GO TO NEEDY FAMILIES. I WANT TO BRING IN ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Shantaneque Waller unloaded her groceries onto the belt at the Syracuse Price Chopper, then tried to use her debit card to pay. It was declined, which made no sense to Waller. The ...

Two Mattapan bodega owners are facing federal charges over allegations they trafficked nearly $7 million in food stamp benefits. U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley said the two men exchanged ...

Blue state governors have demonstrated a reflexive opposition to President Donald Trump. That’s led to some absurd outcomes. The USDA wants the information to identify and weed out fraud. That doesn’t ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday that she has granted waivers to six additional states allowing them to prevent the use of food stamps to ...

S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster delivers his State of the State address during a joint session of the legislative delegation on Wednesday Jan. 29, 2025. Tracy Glantz [email protected] COLUMBIA, S.C. South ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Wednesday that she has granted waivers to six additional states, allowing them to prevent the use of food stamps to purchase certain items, like soft ...

The state of Oregon announced Friday that it has once again recharged the debit-like cards of approximately 757,000 residents who rely on federal food assistance to eat. The early December recharge ...

The Agriculture Department plans to freeze federal funding for 21 states starting next week as it escalates its crackdown on possible fraud in the food stamp program, Agriculture Secretary Brooke ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is threatening to withhold money for food stamps from 20 states, including Connecticut and New York, for refusing to share personal information about recipients.