Gov. Jeff Landry says nearly 800,000 elderly, disabled, and child SNAP recipients in Louisiana will receive uninterrupted ...

The government shutdown has officially ended and federal SNAP benefits are expected to be sent out in full. Here's what to know in Louisiana.

Six more states have moved to prohibit the purchase of junk food using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) helps low-income households afford food, with recipients using benefits at many food retailers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry announced that Louisiana SNAP recipients are getting their full federal benefits for November, with some getting extra assistance administered by ...

The states have been given until next week to respond to a federal request to hand over data on SNAP recipients.

I can't say for sure, but I think the combination of thousands of federal employees not getting paychecks and thousands more not eating enough were the two reasons the 2025 shutdown ended. Gov. Jeff ...

In some states, the resolution to issues with SNAP payments has come more in the form of a trickle than a tidal wave of ...