Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, discusses the Senate passage of Ohio's two-year, $75 billion state budget, on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Differences in how to pay for K-12 education are expected to dominate the next stage of deliberations, with the House and Senate taking different approaches to a long-term school funding solution. The two chambers must reconcile two versions of the budget by month's end. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)
Senate plan would probe assets of Ohio food stamp recipients

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins Jun. 15, 2021 09:22 AM EDT

Ricketts urges lawmakers to uphold SNAP expansion veto

By Grant Schulte May. 25, 2021 06:53 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts urged Nebraska lawmakers on Tuesday to uphold his veto of a bill that would let more residents collect food-assistance...

Idaho health department to close office in Preston

May. 25, 2021 02:50 PM EDT
PRESTON, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho Department of Health and Welfare office in the small town of Preston that helped people apply for Medicaid, food stamps, child...

Nebraska to issue supplemental SNAP benefits on Tuesday

May. 07, 2021 04:47 PM EDT
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will issue emergency payments on Tuesday to residents who received food stamp benefits in April as part of the federal pandemic...

This 2021 photo provided by Jaime Mitchell shows him in New York. Mitchell is co-plaintiff in lawsuit filed Monday, March 29, 2021, by nonbinary New Yorkers who currently must declare themselves as male or female to receive Medicaid, food stamps and other public assistance saying that the state is discriminating against them by failing to provide an X gender option. (Jaime Mitchell via AP)
NY social service agency sued for not allowing X gender mark

By Michael Hill Mar. 29, 2021 12:13 PM EDT

Ohio bill toughening welfare program eligibility criticized

Feb. 25, 2021 10:00 AM EST
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Social service advocates are criticizing an Ohio bill that would toughen eligibility for food stamps and Medicaid benefits. ...

A USDA Farmers to Families Food Box is seen at a Des Moines Area Religious Council mobile food pantry stop at the downtown bus station, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. Agricultural groups and anti-hunger organizations are pushing the Biden administration to continue the Farmers to Families Food Box program launched by President Donald Trump that spent $6 billion to prevent farmers from plowing under food and instead provide it to millions of Americans left reeling by the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Food groups fight to save one Trump virus program

By Scott Mcfetridge Feb. 23, 2021 11:19 AM EST

Nebraska to start issuing emergency SNAP benefits on Feb. 9

Feb. 01, 2021 02:23 PM EST
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska will start issuing emergency supplemental nutrition benefits to people who qualify on Feb. 9, state officials said Monday. ...

GOP move to kill emergency order would cut food stamp funds

By James Macpherson Jan. 28, 2021 03:55 PM EST
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A plan by some of the most conservative members of the North Dakota Legislature to terminate a pandemic-related emergency declaration...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

By The Associated Press Dec. 28, 2020 10:00 AM EST
San Antonio Express-News. Dec. 27, 2020. Editorial: Expand SNAP to alleviate hunger Food banks across the country have...

Volunteers distribute food to people who waited in line in their cars overnight, at a food distribution point in Metairie, La., Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Pandemic pushes newly hungry Americans to crowded food lines

By Sharon Cohen Dec. 07, 2020 10:04 AM EST

Phyllis Marder poses with her cat, Nellie, with food she recently obtained from a local food bank in the dining room of her home in Evanston, Ill., on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. At first, Marder, 66, didn’t tell anyone about going to food pantries. Then she had a change of heart. “Keeping a secret makes things get worse,” she says ’”… and makes me feel worse about myself, and so I decided that it was more important to talk about it." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Millions of hungry Americans turn to food banks for 1st time

By Sharon Cohen Dec. 07, 2020 10:01 AM EST

In this image from video, Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Ohio, speaks on the floor of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, April 23, 2020. Two Democratic women are contenders to be President-elect Joe Biden's secretary of agriculture. Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio and former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota are in the running for the Cabinet position. (House Television via AP)
Biden weighs pick for agriculture chief from diverse slate

By Mary Clare Jalonick Dec. 05, 2020 12:23 AM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2020 file photograph, N.H. Gov. Chris Sununu wears a protective mask, due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, at a polling station in Windham, N.H. New Hampshire joined three dozen other states, including the rest of New England, in enacting a statewide mask mandate as the coronavirus pandemic intensifies. Sununu issued an executive order requiring masks to be worn in public spaces, indoors or outside, when social distancing isn't possible, which goes into effect on Thursday Nov. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Panel rejects using remaining virus aid on food stamps

By Holly Ramer And Kathy Mccormack Nov. 23, 2020 09:34 AM EST

President Donald Trump speaks in the East Room of the White House, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump immigration rule takes effect again during appeal

By Sophia Tareen Nov. 04, 2020 04:46 PM EST

President Donald Trump gestures while addressing a campaign rally at the Wilkes-Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca, Pa, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
US judge blocks Trump immigration rule on public benefits

By Sophia Tareen Nov. 02, 2020 04:50 PM EST

Ricketts stands by decision to discontinue emergency SNAP

By Grant Schulte Sep. 24, 2020 04:19 PM EDT
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Gov. Pete Ricketts doubled down Thursday on his decision to leave Nebraska as the only state that has discontinued emergency food assistance...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, right, accompanied by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, left, take a question from a reporter following a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. as negotiations continue on a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Progress slow as urgency grows on virus relief legislation

By Andrew Taylor Aug. 05, 2020 12:09 AM EDT

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y. and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., leave a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows as they continue to negotiate a coronavirus relief package on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Progress slow as urgency grows on virus relief legislation

By Andrew Taylor Aug. 04, 2020 12:13 AM EDT

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, right, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, arrive at the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the Capitol to resume talks on a COVID-19 relief bill, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Negotiators report progress in coronavirus relief talks

By Andrew Taylor Aug. 01, 2020 10:34 AM EDT