Governor Abbott has asked for Texan SNAP benefit recipients to be prevented from spending them on soda and candy.

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to forbid purchases of unhealthy foods ...

Texas has requested a waiver from the USDA to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits on unhealthy foods like soda and candy.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, helps low-income individuals and ...

The U.S House Agriculture Committee is scheduled to mark-up its Reconciliation Bill that would require them to cut $230 billion in spending, including from the SNAP food assistance program.

State governments would have to shoulder a portion of the cost to keep SNAP going when historically, the federal government ...

Feeding Texas urges the members of the House Agriculture Committee and all members of the U.S. House to reject these proposed ...

The East Texas Food Bank released its 2025 Map the Meal Gap numbers. They say it's their snapshot of hunger in East Texas, ...

This week, both the North Texas Food Bank and the Tarrant Area Food Bank have shone a spotlight on a troubling Texas trend of food insecurity and hunger. A newly released study from Feeding ...

EBT cards, also known as SNAP benefits, are designed to give recipients access to any food items that could be bought with a debit card. Texas Senate Bill 379, set to go into effect Sept. 1, looks to ...

The East Texas Food Bank reports increasing food insecurity affecting thousands, including children. With potential SNAP cuts ...