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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 ...
Alabamians receiving federal food assistance would not be able to use it to buy candy or soda under legislation planned for ...
Alabama is on the verge of a significant change in the use of SNAP benefits, aiming to promote healthier habits by ...
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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 ...
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 lawmakers want to ban SNAP users from buying sugary drinks, fueling debate over health, personal choice, and government control.
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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," ...