Around 25,000 Arizonans—mostly disabled, elderly, and homeless people—qualify to use SNAP for fast food purchases. Our readers weighed in on a bill that would change that.
Additional restrictions to SNAP could result in more hungry kids and worse education outcomes in Arizona.
Do you have extra food, a little bit of time, or some cash to share this holiday season? Donating to Phoenix food pantries is a great way to help people in need.
SNAP benefits have been flowing again since the government shutdown ended. But for millions of recipients nationwide, including tens of thousands in Arizona, the restart is only a temporary reprieve.
The owner of Boycott Bar announced a food drive in response to SNAP cuts. Within half an hour of its start, a collection of groceries piled up.
SNAP benefits still have not been distributed, even though the Trump administration agreed to partially fund the program by court order.
The Trump administration said it will provide only enough funds to cover half of the nation's usual monthly SNAP payments—and that much only because a court ordered it to do so.
With the Trump administration about to freeze food stamps, Hobbs announced $1.8 million in emergency aid—$1.90 for each of the nearly 951,000 Arizonans who rely on the program.
These Arizona businesses, food banks, and community resources are filling in the gap as SNAP benefits are set to pause on Nov. 1.
Ahead of Labor Day, leaders of Arizona’s largest unions called for working Arizonans to stand together against the Trump administration.
