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Kansas Officials Defy Trump Admin Over SNAP Benefit Order

The USDA, which oversees SNAP, first announced a plan to make states share benefit recipient data in a directive issued in ...
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California Leads Lawsuit against Trump Admin’s SNAP Data Demand

California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 21 other attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the USDA for demanding ...

States file lawsuit against Trump administration over efforts to collect SNAP recipients’ data

A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for ...

Maryland joins Democrat-led states suing to block USDA release of SNAP recipients’ personal data

Maryland has joined 20 other states and Washington, D.C., in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand ...

Fact check: Yes, nearly 25 cents of every dollar spent via SNAP goes back to farmers

Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service tells us how much of every dollar spent on food at home goes back to farms.
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Kansas DCF resists USDA request for release of personal information related to SNAP program participants

Kansas officials are pushing back against federal officials who are demanding the release of personal information for those ...
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Oregon, CA, other states sue USDA over efforts to gather food stamp data on tens of millions of people

Twenty-one states are suing after the USDA demanded states turn over sensitive data on food assistance applicants. The ...

Letitia James sues Trump administration over illegal immigrant SNAP eligibility

New York Attorney General Letitia James announced on Monday that she is co-leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration ...