In announcing the states’ lawsuit, California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said the 'unprecedented' demand 'violates all kinds of ...

Michigan is among the states that sued the federal government over a pending rule that seeks extensive access to the records ...

California has joined 21 states in a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from forcing states to give information about ...

Kansas officials are pushing back against federal officials who are demanding the release of personal information for those ...

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown has joined 20 other states in filing a SNAP lawsuit against the U.S. Department of ...

Kansas officials stood firm against a July 30 deadline set by the federal government to turn over the personal data of ...

Maryland has joined 20 other states and Washington, D.C., in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand ...

Judge Maxine M. Chesney to preside over challenge to Trump efforts to collect personal data from SNAP participants.

Hong claimed that nearly 25 cents of every dollar spent via SNAP goes to farmers and ranchers. Recent data from the USDA’s Economic Research Service backs that up, and experts confirmed its accuracy.

The USDA previously demanded state agency directors release personal information for SNAP applicants, recipients and members of their households.

The lawsuit alleges that USDA is illegally demanding states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of ...