Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins signed three new state SNAP food restriction waivers on Tuesday. The ...

The Trump administration's Agriculture Secretary signaled she will be signing multiple waivers to let states ban junk food from food stamp programs, after signing a few this week. She described ...

Joining him in these efforts is Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D), whose waiver seeks to make sweetened beverages unavailable for purchase with food stamps, but “permit SNAP participants to buy a ...

In April, Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) submitted a waiver seeking permission to exclude “soft drinks and candy” from permitted SNAP purchases. Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) and Texas ...

Nebraska’s waiver will effectively prohibit the purchases of soda and energy drinks with SNAP benefits. Iowa’s will ban nearly all “taxable” food items, as defined by Iowa law.

Nebraska’s waiver will effectively prohibit the purchases of soda and energy drinks with SNAP benefits. Iowa’s will ban nearly all “taxable” food items, as defined by Iowa law.

The SNAP waivers granted to Nebraska, Indiana, and Iowa each allow the state to operate a two-year pilot project, effective January 1, 2026, ...

Nebraska is the first state to get a USDA waiver to ban sugary drinks from SNAP, aiming to improve nutrition. Critics say it increases costs and stigma for low-income families.

Not all waivers were seeking the same restrictions, however. Nebraska’s waiver will effectively prohibit the purchases of soda and energy drinks with SNAP benefits. Iowa’s will ban nearly all ...

The waiver request acknowledges a possible cost to institute the changes to be be passed along to the state’s 2,118 SNAP retailers. “West Virginia does not foresee a Program cost increase for ...

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps.. The move ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins shakes hands with Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen as she holds up a copy of the first-ever SNAP waiver that allows a state to restrict certain food items from ...