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Abbott wants to stop allowing federal benefits in Texas to be spent on unhealthy food
Gov. Greg Abbott is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to ...
Nebraska becomes first state approved to ban soda purchases with food stamps
USDA approves Nebraska's waiver to exclude soda and energy drinks from purchase with food stamps, sparking debate on ...
Nebraska banning soda, energy drinks from SNAP under first federal waiver
Nebraska has received the first federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...
In Approving Soda Ban for Food Stamps, U.S.D.A. Reverses Decades of Policy
The Trump administration approved a first of its kind waiver for Nebraska, allowing a ban on soda purchases through the ...
Pop, energy drinks to be banned from SNAP benefits in this state, USDA rules
Nebraska has banned SNAP benefits for purchasing pop and energy drinks. USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the ...
How proposed cuts to SNAP could impact South Plains Food Bank
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, provides food benefits to low-income families to help their grocery ...
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Nebraska SNAP soda waiver approved; Arkansas’ pending
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins approved a waiver Monday (May 19) allowing Nebraska to prohibit Supplemental ...
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Reynolds seeks to ban soda, sweets and more from SNAP in Iowa
The request states Iowa wishes to refocus the SNAP program on its designed intent, “to promote the general welfare and safeguard the health and well-being” by encouraging SNAP participants to ...