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Nebraska first state to ban soda, energy drinks from SNAP program
Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the Supplemental ...
Pop, energy drinks to be banned from SNAP benefits in this state, USDA rules
Nebraska has banned SNAP benefits for purchasing pop and energy drinks. USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the ...
Nebraska to ban soda and energy drinks from SNAP under first USDA waiver
Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit ...
Medicaid, SNAP, tax cuts: What's in the Trump bill lawmakers aim to pass this week
If passed into law, the bill would push 7.6 milion people off Medicaid, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Cuts ...
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Grocery industry fights for SNAP as program faces massive cuts
Almost 60% of surveyed shoppers oppose cutting or reducing funding for the food assistance program, FMI shared last week.
'Farmers and ranchers first': US secretary of agriculture visits Nebraska, announces new SNAP pilot program
Nebraska is the first state in the country to sign onto the U.S. secretary of agriculture's new pilot program for SNAP ...
Abbott wants to stop allowing federal benefits in Texas to be spent on unhealthy food
Gov. Greg Abbott is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to ...
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Nebraska SNAP soda waiver approved; Arkansas’ pending
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins approved a waiver Monday (May 19) allowing Nebraska to prohibit Supplemental ...
How proposed cuts to SNAP could impact South Plains Food Bank
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, provides food benefits to low-income families to help their grocery ...