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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

What President Donald Trump deems the “Big Beautiful Bill” will soon hit his desk and, with the stroke of a pen, be signed ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is administered through the Food Assistance Division in Alabama. SNAP is a federally funded program, but each state administers its own ...

Alabama is slated to send September payments to residents participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Monday. SNAP, or food stamps, is distributed to low-income families and ...

It's truly puzzling that some members of Congress are preparing to attack the very safety net programs their own constituents depend on to survive, like SNAP (formerly food stamps) and Medicaid.