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Mattapan Store Owner Pleads Guilty in $6.7 Million SNAP Trafficking Case

The plea follows findings of extreme redemption spikes plus undercover cash-for-benefits buys, with a $312,000 forfeiture agreed.

Louisiana Begins SNAP Ban on Soda, Energy Drinks and Candy

Maryland Delegation Steers About $8 Million to Anne Arundel for 911 Center, Crownsville Rehab, Violence Prevention

Arizona GOP Sends 12-Bill SNAP and Medicaid Overhaul to Hobbs

SNAP Purchase Limits Expand as Oklahoma and Idaho Begin Restrictions, Louisiana to Follow

South Dakota House Backs Soda Ban for SNAP Purchases, Sends Bill to Senate

Kalshi Draws Long Lines With NYC Free-Grocery Day as Polymarket Sets Feb. 12 Pop-Up and $1 Million Donation

Frei Sérgio Görgen, Franciscan Friar and Rural Movement Leader, Dies at 70 in Rio Grande do Sul

SNAP Work Rules Expand Nationwide as States Enforce 80-Hour Requirement

France Moves to Let Retail Workers Take Unsold Food After Charity Collections

Berlin Food Bank Rescues 6 Tons of Surplus From Green Week

Potato Rescue Accelerates Across Saxony and Berlin After Contracted Buyer Bows Out

Vigo Food Bank Sets 2026 Plan to Handle More Edible Surplus After Delivering 1.33 Million Kilos in 2025

USDA Chief Defends $3 Meals, Cites $15.64 Daily Food Cost

Mecklenburg‑Vorpommern Minister Pushes Plan to Decriminalize Taking Discarded Supermarket Food

Texas Charities Expand Free Food Distributions Jan. 19–24

Berlin Rolls Out Potato Rescue From Saxony Surplus With 22 Tonnes for Berliner Tafel

Judge Blocks USDA Bid to Cut Minnesota SNAP Funds and Force 30-Day Recertifications

Media and Charities Begin Moving Surplus 4,000 Tons of Potatoes From Saxony to Berlin

Taylor Swift Gives ‘Generous Gift’ to Brad Paisley’s Nashville Nonprofit The Store