There’s been a sharp decline in participation among children following sweeping federal changes to the program enacted in 2025.

A federal law now requires Minnesota to pay for SNAP benefits based on error rates, creating a $250 million hole.

Minnesota could be on the hook for as much as $250 million in its next budget to pay for a share of the Supplemental ...

Only nine states had payment error rates in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program below 6% in fiscal 2025, USDA has announced, which would allow them to avoid paying a portion of SNAP benefits ...

A federal judge blocked five states from banning the use of SNAP benefits for junk food purchases. Missouri has a similar ...

Iowa reverses SNAP limits on sugary foods, drinks ahead of July 4.

Nebraska is in the process of working with retailers to remove its current Healthy Choice Waiver restrictions on soda and ...

The office of Gov. Patrick Morrisey expressed disappointment in a federal ruling pausing West Virginia’s waiver prohibiting ...

A federal waiver allowing Iowa to restrict the types of food that can be purchased with federal nutrition assistance has been ...

This story has been updated to include additional comments from the USDA and the Maryland Department of Human Services. In recent years, Maryland has reduced the administrative errors it makes when ...

More than 2,500 Arkansas retailers along with beneficiaries are preparing for the state’s ban on Supplemental Nutrition ...