In an unprecedented move, Texas will introduce new restrictions on the types of food and beverages that can be purchased with ...

Millions of Texans will lose federal food assistance in November, raising questions of where to get free meals and groceries. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will stop paying ...

Millions of Texans will receive their December 2025 food benefits through the SNAP program. Payments will be distributed on a staggered schedule from December 13 to December 28. This ensures continued ...

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From left, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hold a bill signing ceremony at the Texas Capitol on April 23, 2025 to create a Texas Department of Government ...

Texas is home to 254 counties—more than any other U.S. state—and has wide disparities in SNAP enrollment. According to a September 2025 report from Texas Health and Human Services, Lamar County had ...

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The Dallas Zoo says it has a new program to make family-level zoo memberships more affordable and accessible across North ...

Millions of Texans will lose federal food assistance in November, raising questions of where to get free meals and groceries. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will stop paying ...

The cutoff of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to 3.5 million Texans that depend on the program could have ripple effects on the state economy beyond those directly affected. Those ...

The possible cutoff and almost certain delay of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to the 3.5 million Texans who depend on the program — an impact of the lengthening U.S. government ...

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