The decision marks a historic departure in SNAP administration, being the first waiver of its kind approved by the USDA.

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

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver to amend which foods and beverages will be available for purchase ...

Costco has become one of the biggest names in the membership-only warehouse club store business. The chain first opened under ...

Nebraska lawmakers upheld a lifetime ban on SNAP benefits for felons with drug convictions. LB 319 was six votes short of becoming law.

Nebraska becomes the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks under the benefit program long ...

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

Recipients of Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will no longer be allowed to purchase soda or ...

Vanderbilt lost 56 in a row, from 1992 to 2006. It beat No. 16 Georgia on the road to snap the skid. Comparatively, the task for Nebraska appears manageable. The streak needs to end in 2025 for ...

GET ADDED TO ANOTHER MEASURE. AND BREAKING TONIGHT, NEBRASKA GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN VETOES A BILL THAT WAS PASSED BY LAWMAKERS TODAY. LEIGH 319 WOULD EXPAND SNAP ELIGIBILITY TO CONVICTED DRUG ...

April 29, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) The current law allows Nebraskans with one or two drug possession or use convictions to access SNAP if they have completed a licensed and ...