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

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the benefit ...

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

Nebraska is the first state to ban soda and energy drinks from SNAP benefits. Aerial drone footage shows the humpback whale ...

Nebraska lawmakers upheld a lifetime ban on SNAP benefits for felons with drug convictions. LB 319 was six votes short of becoming law.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver to amend which foods and beverages will be available for purchase under Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Residents will no ...

Nebraska lawmakers upheld a lifetime ban on SNAP benefits for felons with drug convictions. LB 319 was six votes short of ...

The decision marks a historic departure in SNAP administration, being the first waiver of its kind approved by the USDA.

Recipients of Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will no longer be allowed to purchase soda or ...

GET ADDED TO ANOTHER MEASURE. AND BREAKING TONIGHT, NEBRASKA GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN VETOES A BILL THAT WAS PASSED BY LAWMAKERS TODAY. LEIGH 319 WOULD EXPAND SNAP ELIGIBILITY TO CONVICTED DRUG ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Nebraska legislature will debate overriding Governor Jim Pillen’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) veto on Monday. Gov. Pillen vetoed the bill ...

Rountree, at a public hearing in March, said the bill would help an estimated 1,000 households in Nebraska access benefits through SNAP that are currently prevented from doing so by a 2009 state law.