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

SNAP benefits are paid on a monthly basis to around 40 million Americans across all U.S. states and territories.

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

Soda is the most recent target of Gov. Patrick Morrisey's effort to make West Virginia healthier.Morrisey announced Tuesday the state has submitted a waiver req ...

U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins announced new policy to help small family farms thrive while touring Nebraska this week.

Kansas is closer to banning SNAP benefits from buying candy and soda pop after DCF submitted a waiver to USDA, which just granted one to Nebraska.

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

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, submitted a SNAP waiver request to the USDA on May 12, reported The Des Moines Register. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that recipients of Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

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

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

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins visited Nebraska with Gov. Jim Pillen, Rep. Adrian Smith, and Agriculture Director Sherry Vinton to tour Cargill Bioscience Complex, Wholestone Farms’ ...