Louisiana will cover November SNAP benefits amid a federal shutdown, issuing payments weekly to nearly 793,000 residents in ...

The federal shutdown spurred by political gridlock in Washington D.C. has halted federal food stamp benefits. The effects ...

WASHINGTON – Louisiana food banks have seen an influx in demand as federal funding for food stamps expired due to the federal ...

Louisiana Department of Health announces plans for providing state-funded assistance to SNAP households after Gov. Jeff ...

Nearly 800,000 children, elderly, and disabled Louisiana residents rely on food benefits as the government shutdown enters ...

Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins said the $4,200 food stamp benefit should be enough to stockpile one month worth of ...

Louisiana is one of the few politically red states — and the only one in the Deep South — stepping up to fund SNAP benefits ...

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry said the state will fund November food aid for children, the elderly or disabled who receive food ...

Gov. Jeff Landry said a temporary assistance program will provide benefits to the state's "most vulnerable" SNAP recipients ...

Gov. Jeff Landry said his health department will find the money to cover $147 million in benefits next month for the elderly, disabled and children.

In Louisiana, hundreds of thousands of residents rely on SNAP, with more than 16% of the state's population receiving SNAP ...

On the eve of federal SNAP benefits hitting people's accounts, Louisiana is jumping in to fill the gap for the 1 in 5 state residents who use the program, but only for some of them.