Waiver grants flexibility by modifying specific USDA program rules, enabling states to administer SNAP program in different ...

You'll get access to an ad-free website with a faster photo browser, the chance to claim free tickets to a host of events (including everything from Summerfest to the Milwaukee Film Festival), access ...

Three people in Ohio are accused of stealing $600,000 worth of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to ...

Governors in Indiana, Arkansas and West Virginia are leading the charge, asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ...

Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

(NEXSTAR) – On May 19, Nebraska became the first state in the country to obtain a waiver from the USDA to ban residents from purchasing sugary drinks with benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition ...

SNAP benefits—commonly known as "food stamps ... act that would ban the purchase of any carbonated beverage that contains ...

The United States Department of Agriculture has approved Indiana's waiver to remove soft drinks and candy from the state's ...

SNAP, which is for low-income people, is still often informally referred to by its former name, food stamps. Just four states still have such a lifetime ban in place, an August 2016 Congressional ...

The court battle demonstrates how cities and states are increasingly clashing over whether it’s legal to ban plastic. California, New York, and hundreds of municipalities in the U.S. ban or fine ...

the House Agriculture Committee advanced a package of spending cuts that would for the first time require states to pay a portion of SNAP benefits to help low-income Americans buy food ...