The Senate Health and Welfare Committee debated a bill that would require Medicaid to cover FDA-approved weight-loss ...

Louisiana’s Medicaid program could expand access to popular weight-loss medications such as Wegovy and Zepbound for obesity ...

Louisiana has gradually made headway on its backlog of carbon capture injection wells ever since a pause in new applications was instituted in October, Governor Jeff Landry told Upstream. Landry noted ...

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to develop, all 50 states have introduced some form of regulatory legislation to protect consumers. As of 2025, 45 states have enacted laws criminalizing ...

Currently under federal law, convicted drug offenders are banned from receiving SNAP benefits. A proposed Missouri House bill would opt out of the federal ban. Drug offenders in Missouri could soon be ...

Some beneficiaries of the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in Arkansas are now required to participate in an employment and training program that was previously voluntary, the state ...

State-level changes coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are restricting what recipients in some states can purchase, and those restrictions go into effect this week. The ...

House Bill 2751 would completely remove the ban, allowing all Missourians previously convicted of a federal or state drug offense to apply for SNAP benefits after incarceration. People with prior drug ...

MISSOULA — Last year, the Montana Food Bank Network's (MFBN) Application Assistor Program helped 622 Montanans submit applications for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Nearly ...

For countless families, children, older adults, disabled persons and veterans experiencing food insecurity, meeting basic human needs is like running a race you will never finish. The help is there, ...