The National Grocers Association has opposed the potential cuts, saying SNAP provides not only critical food, but also ...

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LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Food insecurity is a growing challenge for thousands of families across Nebraska, especially now that school is out. And the proposed cuts to the federal Supplemental Nutrition ...

The House’s recent passage of the budget reconciliation bill could upend the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — formerly known as food stamps. As written, it would permanently change its stru ...

Advocates fear cuts to SNAP could especially hit rural people, who are more dependent on the largest anti-hunger program in ...

People in Marsha Keene’s community are already struggling to cover the basics. Most of the clients Keene serves at the ...

Idaho has one of the lowest payment error rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, USDA data show ...

The move, announced Monday by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, would affect about 152,000 people in Nebraska enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP ...

Not all waivers were seeking the same restrictions, however. Nebraska’s waiver will effectively prohibit the purchases of ...

Local nonprofit leaders and advocates say potential cuts to SNAP would lead to more people turning to Omaha area food ...

(NEXSTAR) – On May 19, Nebraska became the first state in the country to obtain a waiver from the USDA to ban residents from purchasing sugary drinks with benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition ...

OMAHA, NEB. — Nebraska has become the first state to receive US Department of Agriculture approval for a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) waiver that bans the use of benefits for ...