So far this year, 12 states have approved plans to restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

A dozen states are banning people from buying sodas and some sugary snacks using federal food assistance. The effort is part ...

Six more states have banned junk food purchases from being bought with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

Six more states received waivers this week from the Trump administration to ban soda and candy purchases from public food ...

The new waivers will restrict the purchase of so-called "junk food" with SNAP funds in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, ...

Twelve states, including Texas and Florida, will restrict SNAP purchases of junk food like soda, candy, and desserts starting ...

The SNAP program seeks to assist low-income families and individuals to purchase nutritious food and thus promote healthy ...

A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has raised alarm bells by projecting that a large number of US citizens will stop receiving food stamps from the SNAP pro ...

Starting Jan. 1, Florida’s SNAP recipients can no longer use their food stamp benefits to buy soda, energy drinks, candy, and ...

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt asked the federal government to carve out a ban on certain food bought with SNAP benefits.

Waivers have already been approved in a dozen states ban unhealthy foods from being bought using SNAP benefits.