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

Alabama is on the verge of a significant change in the use of SNAP benefits, aiming to promote healthier habits by ...

A monthly average of 750,000 people in Alabama received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits last year.

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

“Over 700,000 folks in Alabama turn to SNAP at one time or another in any given year,” said Michael Ledger, CEO of Feeding the Gulf Coast.

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

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

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 ...