A monthly average of 750,000 people in Alabama received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits last year.

Alabama is on the verge of a significant change in the use of SNAP benefits, aiming to promote healthier habits by ...

The city finally has a start date for the main phase of the Sixth Avenue streetscape project, a Decatur official said. Dane Shaw, city director of development, said this week that Grayson Carter & Son ...

Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) said he’s drafting a bill that would keep SNAP recipients from buying candy. He said it’s about ...

"We're paying for Medicaid care for a problem we facilitated with [food stamps] and taxpayers are getting hit both ways," ...

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The use of SNAP food stamps is about to undergo a major change in the United States. Alabama lawmakers have proposed a law that would prevent the purchase of soft drinks and candy ...

Alabamians receiving federal food assistance would not be able to use it to buy candy or soda under legislation planned for the 2026 session.

Alabama lawmakers want to ban SNAP users from buying sugary drinks, fueling debate over health, personal choice, and government control.

A tax relief on overtime hours sunsets Monday after Alabama lawmakers did not extend the cut in the 2025 legislative session.

As chairman of the Finance and Taxation Education committee, state Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, said that after the difficult financial years of 2011 and 2012, the pendulum has swung back so that ...