Over the pandemic, the federal government expanded food stamp benefits, allowing more people to enroll in the SNAP program. But those expanded benefits came to an end last month, leaving […]
Is SNAP Boost a Model for U.B.I.?
The USDA is set to increase Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP benefits by more than 25%, the biggest increase in over 40 years. Professor Craig Gundersen weighs in on […]
Wisconsin Set Precedent for Federal SNAP Changes
Yesterday, Sonny Perdue, the head of the United States Department of Agriculture announced a final rule change to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. That program provided food stamps […]
Some Wisconsinites Would Lose Food Stamps Under Federal Change
A proposed federal rule change would mean some Wisconsinites would no longer be eligible for food stamps if it takes effect. WORT producer Chali Pittman has the story.
Trump Seeks to Cut SNAP Benefits
By any measure, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, — perhaps still better known as “Food Stamps” — has been one of the great success stories of U.S. domestic […]
Wisconsin Making It Difficult to Qualify for Food Assistance
Sources as diverse as Moody’s investment service and the Congressional Budget Office have rated the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — formerly known as Food Stamps — as one of […]
