food stamps

More than 200 American mayors, including Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe, are calling on the federal government to reverse changes that will cost states billions and push millions of people off the food stamp program.

Currently under federal law, convicted people with drug charges are banned from receiving SNAP benefits. A proposed Missouri House bill would opt out of the federal ban.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Missouri's request to restrict the use of food stamps for the purchase of some junk food items.

Distributing food stamps could get even harder for Missouri’s aid system, which a judge has called “broken and inaccessible.”

Meals on Wheels is offering meal sign-ups for those who typically rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Food stamp recipients in Missouri would have to work at least 30 hours per week or risk losing their benefits under a proposed Senate bill in the Missouri…

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JEFFERSON CITY - About 26,000 Missouri residents have lost government food stamp benefits for failing to meet work and job training…

The Central Pantry on the north side of Columbia looks like a small grocery store. Ten aisles full of non-perishable food cut diagonally across the middle…

The Fort Leonard Wood farmers’ market announced Thursday that it now accepts food stamps.The market is operated by the Pulaski County Sheltered Workshop…