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The federal government wants more clarification from West Virginia on a waiver to remove soda and add some hot food items to ...
Nebraska became the first state in the country to obtain a waiver from the USDA to ban residents from purchasing sugary ...
The Texas Legislature deserves credit for stepping up and saying enough is enough. The passage of Senate Bill 379 prohibits ...
The Food and Nutrition Service in the federal agriculture department has taken a first look at West Virginia's waiver ...
For years, Texas lawmakers have tried to stop food stamp recipients from purchasing snack food.
Nebraska is banning soda and energy drinks from SNAP starting Jan. 1 The change will affect about 152,000 SNAP recipients in the state Critics ... SNAP purchases of items like soda, chips, ice ...
The waiver, which goes into effect Jan. 1, 2026, aligns SNAP-allowable purchases with the list of foods that are exempt from ...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make it harder for poor Americans to buy unhealthy food.
Iowa’s will ban nearly all “taxable” food items, as defined by ... But governors in a handful of other states have already submitted requests for their own SNAP waivers, with the intention ...