Large chains like Walmart, Kroger, and Dollar General can absorb the cuts to SNAP. It’s the small, independent grocers that depend heavily on the program that will be hit hardest.

The bulk of sales for many independent grocers come from SNAP. Cuts to the program could leave some making hard decisions ...

States will pay a larger share of the food assistance program that served an average of 752,000 Alabamians last year.

Officials with the Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) are preparing for significant financial impacts resulting from ...

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

In the summer of 2025, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will continue to provide vital food assistance to millions of Americans. Managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ...

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

The bill cuts federal spending on Medicaid and SNAP, programs that hundreds of thousands of Alabama families use.

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

The food assistance program known as SNAP could face significant reductions if President Trump's tax and spending bill passes the House.

An Alabama food bank leader anticipates a major increase in people needing to turn to groups like hers to cover their basic needs if the massive tax and spending legislation backed by President Trump ...