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

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) , formerly known as Food Stamps, is a federal government initiative that provides support to low-income individuals and familie ...

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

Gov. Abbott has sent a letter asking for a waiver to ban unhealthy foods from SNAP benefits. While the U.S. Agriculture ...

In a letter to the USDA, Gov. Abbott has asked for the department to forbid purchases of unhealthy foods under SNAP benefits.

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

The Texas governor is asking Trump officials for a waiver to bar the purchase of “highly processed food” through the ...

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 ...

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Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP program. Under a Gov. Greg Abbott plan, low-income Texans could use ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to purchase unhealthy and highly processed foods in Texas. In a Wednesday ...