Changes made at the federal level to the food assistance program will cost millions in the coming years and make management ...

Louisiana recently changed rules around what people with SNAP can purchase, nixing soft drinks, energy drinks and candy.

Some SNAP recipients in Louisiana question a recent change in the publicly funded benefit.

Louisiana SNAP recipients can no longer purchase candy, soda, energy drinks, and gum with their benefits as of Wednesday.

The restrictions prohibit the purchase of specific sugar-laden items with Electronic Benefits Transfer cards.

SNAP restrictions have started in two more states, which include a list of items that recipients won't be allowed to purchase ...

The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is empowering families receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

It's part of a growing movement to ban the purchase of sugary drinks and candy with federal food benefits.

President Donald Trump’s administration said Tuesday that it will move to withhold SNAP food aid from recipients in most Democratic-controlled states starting next week unless those states provide ...

OR; Bill Cassidy, R-LA; and U.S. Representatives Dan Goldman, D-NY; and Mike Lawler, R-NY, this week introduced their bipartisan, bicameral Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act to boost security of ...