The Agriculture Department is fast-tracking state requests to yank soda and candy from food-stamp programs. Arkansas and ...

Efforts to remove soda and candy from the list of products that can be bought through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services, Brooke Rollins, has announced that the Trump administration will allow states to ban the purchase of soda on food stamps, a major policy win for the ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS ... The fiscal year for 2025 began on Oct. 1, 2024, and the changes are based on adjustments to the cost of living ...

Public-health groups are tying themselves in knots over a GOP crackdown on the sugary drink.

The SNAP Reform and Upward Mobility Act would expand work requirements, mandate that states eventually match federal funds ...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order implementing more work requirements for SNAP and redetermining Medicaid eligibility.

SNAP is the primary way the government helps feed Americans who can't afford food, but many don't understand how the program ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - U.S. Sen. Jon Husted is cosponsoring legislation that would block people from using Supplemental ...

Officials in Arkansas and Indiana are moving to ban soft drinks and candy from the program that helps low-income people pay for groceries ...

Idaho is considering a bill to seek a federal waiver to forbid food stamps from being used to buy soda and candy, in order to ...

Food stamps exist to help low-income families put ... and even under administrations pledging change, the federal Department of Agriculture has refused to budge. Maine’s waiver request, for ...