"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 ...

Alabamians receiving federal food assistance would not be able to use it to buy candy or soda under legislation planned for the 2026 session.

The Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) is combating food insecurity in Alabama through a prepaid card program and a mobile grocery store. EJI's program provides $415 per month to families for groceries ...

Thousands of Alabama families might soon experience changes to their SNAP benefits with potential federal cuts on the horizon ...

More than 100 organizations from across Alabama are urging federal lawmakers to vote against a Congressional budget that they say would jeopardize health care and food assistance for families. On ...

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

Alabamians receiving federal food assistance would not be able to use it to buy candy or soda under legislation planned for ...