Nearly half, 45%, say food and nutrition assistance programs like food stamps, SNAP or EBT cards are underfunded, according to the poll.

Republicans say their reforms to SNAP would make the program operate more efficiently and reduce waste, which would ensure that the federal government provides food stamps only to the truly needy.

A House committee voted in favor of a bill that would cut billions in federal funding for SNAP, a program that numerous Louisiana residents rely on.

Cuts to Medicaid, food stamps and subsidies for clean energy would partly offset the roughly $3.8 trillion cost of those tax measures, as well as increased spending on the military and immigration ...

Nearly 43 million Americans, including one in five children, rely on SNAP, which is known as CalFresh in California, and sometimes called food stamps.

More than 15,000 people across Louisiana have been kicked off of state food-stamp rolls in recent months. The cuts date back to October 1, when federal officials reinstated work requirements that had ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture sent warning letters to 32 states and two territories that are tardy on food stamp applications.

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services says over 130,000 families in the state will see food stamp benefits decrease in the new year.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will send a final payment worth up to $1,691 to Louisiana residents for the month of July on Sunday. Beneficiaries in Louisiana receive their monthly ...

Louisiana will distribute its final payment for July worth up to $1,691 to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beneficiaries in the state on Sunday. Louisiana residents receive their monthly ...