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500,000 fewer Texans are on SNAP as participation slips nationally

Advocates say the federal government’s new work requirements and immigration crackdown has limited food stamp participation. The state says the recent decline is part of normal fluctuations in enrollment.

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Texas’ SNAP ban on sodas, candies troubles diabetics and hypoglycemics

Some Texans on SNAP say the ban on using food stamps to buy sugary drinks and candy prevents quick fixes to low blood sugar conditions.

The Texas Tribune

Uncertainty grows on when Texans will get SNAP benefits as U.S. Supreme Court emergency order blocks full aid

The order will expire two days after an appeals court issues a more permanent ruling on the funding while the Trump administration will continue with partial SNAP payments.

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The federal shutdown will halt November SNAP benefits. Here’s what you need to know.

In Texas, 3.5 million Texans — including 1.7 million children — rely on SNAP, also referred to as food stamps, each month.

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Trump’s Federal Cuts Are Hitting Texas Food Banks Hard

Food pantries in the Lone Star State have lost over $50 million in funding this year, with more projected cuts to come.

Texas Observer

How RFK Jr., Democrats and Republicans found common ground over food labels in Texas

Texas is poised to lead the country in an initiative to inform denizens of what’s in their food. Food industry experts say it’s going too far.

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Texas is silent on whether it will offer summer food assistance for students

After the state missed the Jan. 1 deadline, lawmakers still have time to approve administrative costs before applying for $400 million in federal summer meal assistance.

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Squeezed by inflation and politics, a Texas food bank gets creative to keep people fed

To help raise money, the Lubbock-area food bank recruited a Michelin-recognized chef.

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How the looming government shutdown will affect Texans

A federal shutdown would put thousands of Texans in financial precarity. Congress has less than a week left until the end of the fiscal year on Oct. 1, and a shutdown appears imminent.

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Texas lowers barrier for food stamps, but many still won’t qualify

A new state law increases what SNAP applicants’ vehicles can be worth before they’re disqualified for federal food assistance. But most states don’t take car values into consideration at all.

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More Texans would qualify for food stamps under a bill heading to Gov. Greg Abbott

The value of a household’s vehicles disqualified nearly 55,000 people seeking federal food assistance in 2022. House Bill 1287 increases the threshold of car values that lead to SNAP applicants being denied aid.

The Texas Tribune

Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, as they work on the 2023 farm bill, are staking out positions on nutrition and food stamps — the Agriculture Department’s biggest single program and a perennial source of contention.

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Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements - Roll Call

Food stamps are on course again to be a flash point in the farm bill as some Republicans want to add work requirements for recipients.

Roll Call

SNAP recipients will see a cut in food benefits starting this month

During the pandemic, Texans received extra money on their Lone Star cards through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, also known as food stamps. That extra money ends this month.

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Liverpool Echo

Every word judge said as he jailed 'monster' dad who murdered N'Taya Elliott-Cleverley

Nigel Diakite was accused of crying crocodile tears as he was locked up for life

Daily Mirror

Boyfriend who killed young mum with skipping rope then claimed he didn't remember jailed

Nigel Diakite, then aged 19, strangled his partner to death with a skipping rope in bed at their home in Wavertree, Liverpool, while the couple's then four-month-old baby was sleeping in a cot next to them

Liverpool Echo

Boyfriend 'strangled mum with skipping rope next to their baby'

Prosecutors say Nigel Diakite later 'confessed' to killing N'Taya Elliott-Cleverley but he now denies her murder and says he can't remember any attack

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