Only about a third of SNAP recipients are able-bodied adults. The rest of the funding goes directly to children, elderly people or people with disabilities, according to the USDA. More than 85% of SNAP benefits go to households below the federal poverty line, with half of those benefits going to those considered to be in deep poverty.

Wisconsin joined a multi-state lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture to force the release of FoodShare funds before benefits run dry Nov. 1.

Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs requests $6 billion from federal contingency funds to prevent nearly one million residents from losing SNAP benefits.

Senate President Mary Felzkowski said state lawmakers likely won't seek to backfill the federally funded food stamp program with state funding.

The position is a reversal from the department’s earlier stance, according to a since-deleted copy of the USDA’s Sept. 30 shutdown plan that said the department would use its multi-year contingency fund to continue paying Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,

The Link Transit Board of Directors held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday and discussed several items on its agenda, including the 2026 preliminary budget, the purchase of