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

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

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

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

Food stamp recipients are now receiving their November benefits, but a growing swath of enrollees may soon lose their vital ...

Tennessee House members passed a bill this spring directing the state government to seek a first-of-its-kind federal waiver ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders at a SNAP food restriction waiver signing ceremony that also included Health and Human Services Secretary ...

South Carolina is one of 18 states that have sought to remove sugary drinks and candy from a list of SNAP-eligible foods ...

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) ...

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

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 ...