Missouri lawmakers have approved a state budget that removes $2 million in funding from Double Up Food Bucks, a program that ...

At the center of the change is the Double Up Food Bucks program, which allows SNAP recipients to stretch their benefits.

Missouri lawmakers spent part of this year’s legislative session arguing that the state should steer low-income families away from buying candy, soda and desserts with public benefits. Then they ...

As Missouri prepares to limit what low-income families can purchase with public food benefits this fall, grocers say they ...

Missourians who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, may soon see new restrictions on what they can buy with the federal benefit. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in ...

Missourians who rely on food assistance may not get the full amount they were expecting this month. On Friday, the Missouri Department of Social Services said it would begin issuing full November SNAP ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday approved Missouri's SNAP food-choice waiver to support healthy food purchases and Missouri agriculture. The waiver, part of the "Make America Healthy ...

Fresh fruits and vegetables line the shelf Oct. 20, 2025 of an Independence Dollar General grocery store that accepts SNAP benefits. After weeks of uncertainty, Kansas released SNAP benefits to ...

(NEXSTAR) – Six more states are adding restrictions to what SNAP beneficiaries can buy with their monthly benefits, the federal government announced this week. Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South ...

FILE - A banner reads: "EBT (Electronic Benefit Transfer) Accepted Here," at El Recuerdo Market in Los Angeles, Oct. 31, 2025, after two federal judges ordered President Donald Trump's administration ...

Currently under federal law, convicted drug offenders are banned from receiving SNAP benefits. A proposed Missouri House bill would opt out of the federal ban. Drug offenders in Missouri could soon be ...