Junk food purchases using SNAP benefits have been banned in three more states, taking the national total to six. Arkansas, ...

Three states received federal waivers to prohibit participants in food assistance programs from buying junk food, bringing ...

The Trump administration's Agriculture Secretary signaled she will be signing multiple waivers to let states ban junk food from food stamp programs, after signing a few this week. She described the ...

THOSE ITEMS ARE AND HOW THIS COULD IMPACT THOSE WHO RECEIVE SNAP BENEFITS. ACCORDING TO THAT WAIVER SENT OUT BY GOVERNOR ...

to ban junk food from being bought using SNAP benefits. The push to limit SNAP purchases in Republican states has divided opinion, with one expert telling Newsweek that "the intent is power and ...

Numerous Republican-led states are working to ban candy and soda as eligible ... states can take steps to eliminate the opportunity to buy junk food with SNAP benefits and assure that taxpayer ...

It comes just four months after fellow Texan and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins signaled to states that the ... from federal rules to keep junk food from SNAP purchases.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins authorizes Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders to ban buying candy and soft drinks with ...

USDA approves Nebraska's waiver to exclude soda and energy drinks from purchase with food stamps, sparking debate on ...

Once the ban on candy and soda purchases with SNAP benefits goes into effect, not all candy will be banned. That's because of Indiana's tax code. Braun cited specific Indiana code to define the soft ...

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP ...

“SNAP was created to increase access ... Nebraska became the first state in the country to ban junk food from federal food stamp programs. West Virginia’s Governor Patrick Morrisey, one ...