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Hoosiers could be prohibited from purchasing soda and candy with their food benefits as early as January, but researchers and ...
Come January, residents in Idaho, Arkansas and Utah will no longer be able to use food stamps to buy soft drinks or candy.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday approved Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' request for a waiver banning the use of ...
Junk food purchases using SNAP benefits have been banned in three more states, taking the national total to six. Arkansas, ...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver that the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare submitted in May ...
Idaho, Arkansas, and Utah are now allowed to ban the purchase of soda, sugary drinks, and junk food under SNAP benefits.
Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins signed three new state SNAP food restriction waivers on Tuesday. The ...
Kansas lawmakers inserted language in the state budget that would restrict what food benefit recipients can buy. Critics say ...
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, along with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., signed ...
In April, Kennedy stopped in Utah as part of his “MAHA tour.” During his visit he praised Utah’s SNAP ban, along with a slate of other “MAHA bills,” which was headlined by Utah’s first-in-the-nation ...
Three states received federal waivers to prohibit participants in food assistance programs from buying junk food, bringing the total to six states reforming their food stamp programs.
Families relying on SNAP benefits may need to adjust their shopping habits as new changes aim to improve public health and ...