Nebraska has received the first federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

The Trump administration approved a first-of-its-kind waiver for Nebraska to ban purchases of soda and energy drinks with ...

WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda ...

Idaho recently moved to reshape its approach to federal food assistance by submitting a waiver request to the U.S. Department ...

“It simply supplements, that’s the keyword, supplements, what families are not getting in other resources,” South Plains Food ...

Nebraska's ban on purchasing the drinks under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, starts Jan. 1.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins approved a waiver Monday (May 19) allowing Nebraska to prohibit Supplemental ...

Nebraska has banned SNAP benefits for purchasing pop and energy drinks. USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the ...

The request states Iowa wishes to refocus the SNAP program on its designed intent, “to promote the general welfare and safeguard the health and well-being” by encouraging SNAP participants to ...

Millions of households in the United States depend each month on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to meet their food needs. However, receiving this assistance does not ...