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...
(WASHINGTON D.C.) — Starting next year in Missouri, highly processed food will be cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Missouri is one of 18 states pushing for SNAP food-choice waivers, under the Make America Healthy Again Initiative....
(Jefferson City, MO) — A supplemental nutrition program for Missouri women, infants, and children will be available next month despite the federal government shutdown. Missouri’s Department of Heath and Senior Services manages the federally funded WIC...
Food banks across Missouri have lost nearly 1.6 million pounds of federal food aid since May of this year, including thousands of pounds of cheese, chicken, eggs, pork, turkey, pork chops, plums, and gallons of milk. The Missouri Independent reports the reduced food...
Members of Missouri’s congressional delegation split along party lines Thursday when the U.S. House passed President Trump’s “big, beautiful budget bill.” Republicans Sam Graves, Mo. 6th Dist.; Ann Wagner, Mo. 2nd Dist.; Bob Onder, Mo. 3rd Dist.; Mark Alford, Mo. 4th...
