TOPEKA — Purchasing soda and candy with food stamps would no longer be permitted under a proposed Kansas bill, but whether the federal government would accept the move is unclear. Previous efforts to ...

The term "food stamps" comes from the coupon-like stamps used during the "War on Poverty" in the 1960s, although they were phased out in 2004 in favor of plastic debit cards, which are refilled ...

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A U.S. House bill introduced earlier this month would bar those on food stamps from using them to buy soft drinks, candy and more. Rep. Josh Brecheen, an Oklahoma Republican, sponsored the Healthy ...

The announcement led Housley—who claims he grew up in neighborhood full of grocery stories—to share that at five years old he saw people buy “crap food for their kids with food stamps ...

A viral video shared on X claims President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending food stamps and cash assistance. The purported executive order cannot be found on the White House website ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A push to ban sugary drinks, candy and more from the U.S. program that helps low-income families pay for ...

Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse were among the top 20 cities in the U.S. in 2023 for the percentage of households in each place getting food stamps, according to census data. Rochester ranked ...