Taxing sodas and taking them off SNAP will reduce intake — which in turn will cut down on diabetes, obesity and heart disease ...

Nebraska's ban on purchasing the drinks under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, starts Jan. 1.

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

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins gave a first-ever approval for a state to restrict what’s covered by the Supplemental ...

Request to remove soda from SNAP program is part of Morrisey's "Four Pillars of a Healthy West Virginia" initiative.

Costco has become one of the biggest names in the membership-only warehouse club store business. The chain first opened under ...

The Trump administration approved a first of its kind waiver for Nebraska, allowing a ban on soda purchases through the ...

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 ...

The waiver request is part of Governor Morrisey’s “Four Pillars of a Healthy West Virginia” which he unveiled earlier this year.

Nebraska is the first state to ban soda and energy drinks from SNAP benefits.

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

Morrisey announced on Tuesday that he has sent the Department of Agriculture a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) waiver request to stop it from paying for soda and to add healthy food ...