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Idaho Moves Forward With Proposed SNAP Restrictions on Soda and Candy
Idaho recently moved to reshape its approach to federal food assistance by submitting a waiver request to the U.S. Department ...
'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 ...
SNAP Ban on Unhealthy Foods Nears in Texas
Governor Abbott has asked for Texan SNAP benefit recipients to be prevented from spending them on soda and candy.
In Approving Soda Ban for Food Stamps, U.S.D.A. Reverses Decades of Policy
The Trump administration approved a first of its kind waiver for Nebraska, allowing a ban on soda purchases through the ...
Florida group is chipping away at public food, health benefits a state at a time
Healthy food itself isn’t largely a partisan issue, and those who study nutrition tend to agree that reducing the amount of ...
Iowa food stamp holders would not be able to buy soda, candy under requested waiver
SNAP recipients would not be able to buy candy, soda, seeds and other products subject to sales tax under Kim Reynolds' ...