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A Ticking Time Bomb in the Food Stamp Program Could Wreck State BudgetsAnd Your Benefits

A 2025 law shifts 75% of SNAP administrative costs to states by late 2026. Discover how this funding change could impact ...
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How do SNAP benefits work? What to know about the government program

Approximately 3.4 million Texans are eligible for benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a government program providing assistance to low-income households in need of ...
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What is SNAP? Is SNAP the same as food stamps? Here's the basics as Nov. 1 cuts near

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits are due to run out on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, as the government shutdown continues, and with no Senate votes planned today, Oct. 29 and no ...
CNN

Trump administration will provide only half of usual food stamp benefits in November

The Trump administration said Monday that it will provide only half of the normal food stamp benefits for November by tapping into the program’s contingency fund amid the government shutdown. But ...
CNN

Judge indicates she’ll intervene in fight over SNAP food assistance money

A federal judge in Boston indicated Thursday that she will intervene in a high-stakes fight over the Trump administration’s decision to not tap into billions of dollars in emergency funds to help ...
The Nation

A Brief History of Right-Wing Attacks on Food Stamps

A trip through The Nation’s archives offers essential insights into why Republicans have long tried to weaken SNAP—and why they’re trying to kill it now. A grocery store in Dorchester, Massachusetts, ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

‘Where does this end?’ Why Kemp opposes state bailout of food stamp program

Gov. Brian Kemp is rejecting calls for Georgia to use its record surplus to keep food assistance flowing to more than 1.3 million residents if congressional lawmakers fail to strike a deal to reopen ...