On July 30 in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation into law that launched Medicaid, creating a U.S. health ...

Americans broadly support increasing or maintaining funding for safety net programs, including Social Security and Medicare, ...

President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress have started to fix America's broken welfare system. They're finally ...

Food stamps have been an integral part of many impoverished Americans' lives for decades, and they got their first proper ...

After Congress cut funding for a nutrition program that teaches low-income people how to eat healthier, UW Extension sent layoff notices to 92 staff.

New research links receiving food assistance through SNAP to better brain health. Earlier this month, Trump enacted major ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. will partner with Israel to run new food centers in Gaza to address the worsening ...

Welcome to “the last bite,” an end-of-week food and ag roundup from the Minnesota Star Tribune. Reach out to business ...

What Oklahomans eat and how it affects their health, the state’s economy and the pocketbooks of taxpayers all may be open for discussion as lawmakers hold a series of interim studies on nutrition in ...