Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits have been restricted in six more statesfrom being used on unhealthy ...

Including the latest waivers, 18 states have now received clearance from the USDA to exclude food and beverage products from being purchased via SNAP due to health concerns. The other states with ...

Virginia will restrict SNAP purchases of sweetened sodas starting in 2026, part of a broader federal push to improve ...

Six more states signed a pledge to ban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program payments from being used on sugary foods or drinks.

Hawai’i, Missouri, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee received permission from the USDA to restrict which ...

US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, flanked by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., approved six new state efforts to exclude unhealthy options from the federal food aid program.

The benefits provided to Americans through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are necessary for many in ...

WASHINGTON — Three food retail trade groups peg the cost of implementing state waivers to disqualify certain foods and beverages for purchase via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

South Carolinians who get benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will officially have new limitations ...

Virginia has secured approval for a SNAP waiver that will restrict unhealthy food purchases starting in 2026 as part of the ...

Approximately 37,000 Oregonians are impacted by changes to December SNAP access after the USDA ended Oregon's SNAP work-rule waivers in November 2025. The state now has to apply federal rules ...

Around 37,000 Oregonians face stricter requirements to keep their food benefits after federal officials ended state waivers ...