Missouri is in the process of restructuring what SNAP recipients can buy with their benefits – cutting out junk food and sugary drinks and replacing them with healthier foods, specifically foods grown in Missouri. Baylee Watts with the Missouri Department of Social...
After a month and a half of the longest federal government shutdown in history, Congress is set to take a vote Wednesday night to reopen the government. West-central Missouri U.S. Congressman Mark Alford told Missourinet Democrats are to blame for the stalemate, but...
Missouri food banks have lost nearly 1.6 million pounds of federal food aid since May due to cuts to a USDA program that buys food from U.S. farmers. The Trump administration slashed $500 million from the Emergency Food Assistance Program, canceling 124 scheduled...
