A monthly average of 750,000 people in Alabama received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits last year.

"We're paying for Medicaid care for a problem we facilitated with [food stamps] and taxpayers are getting hit both ways," ...

Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said he’s drafting a bill that would keep SNAP recipients from buying candy. He said it’s about ...

Alabama is on the verge of a significant change in the use of SNAP benefits, aiming to promote healthier habits by ...

With the closing of a local soup kitchen and more restrictive eligibility requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from President Donald Trump's One Big Beautiful ...

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The use of SNAP food stamps is about to undergo a major change in the United States. Alabama lawmakers have proposed a law that would prevent the purchase of soft drinks and candy ...

The city finally has a start date for the main phase of the Sixth Avenue streetscape project, a Decatur official said. Dane Shaw, city director of development, said this week that Grayson Carter & Son ...

Alabama lawmakers want to ban SNAP users from buying sugary drinks, fueling debate over health, personal choice, and government control.

Sep. 7—A $4 million infusion planned by the state Legislature should help Decatur move forward on a feasibility study for a new Tennessee River bridge, state Sen. Arthur Orr said of a second ...

Arthur Orr sponsored the bill and said the whole situation has had a big impact on him. “I was glad to be part of that process, in what is a happy outcome,” Orr said.