About 155,000 people in Nebraska – or about 8% of the state's population – get benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Proponents of the restrictions argue that SNAP should promote health, not enable poor dietary choices. Sugary drinks have no nutritional value and are linked to chronic illnesses. By limiting their ...

Every dollar invested in SNAP generates $1.79 in economic activity, from farmers and truckers to grocers, meaning the ...

Nebraska became the first state to ban the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for purchasing ...

Every dollar invested in SNAP generates $1.79 in economic activity, from farmers and truckers to grocers, meaning the ...

Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the Supplemental ...

Governor Greg Abbott has asked for Texas SNAP benefit recipients to be prevented from spending them on soda and candy.

“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.

The Trump administration approved a first of its kind waiver for Nebraska, allowing a ban on soda purchases through the ...

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

It is the first time the federal government has issued a waiver allowing a state to ban people from using food stamps to buy ...