Nebraska became the first state in the country to obtain a waiver from the USDA to ban residents from purchasing sugary ...

The Food and Nutrition Service in the federal agriculture department has taken a first look at West Virginia's waiver ...

The federal government wants more clarification from West Virginia on a waiver to remove soda and add some hot food items to ...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins has approved Indiana’s waiver to remove soft drinks and candy from the state’s Supplemental ...

Iowans will be banned from using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program dollars to buy certain types of food beginning in ...

Jim Pillen. She has also signed a waiver for Indiana and Iowa, "with half-a-dozen more coming down the line," she said. "We are on track to sign multiples of snap waivers to get junk food and ...

"Today's waiver to remove soda and energy drinks from SNAP is the first of its kind, and it is a historic step to Make America Healthy Again," USDA secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement on ...

Gov. Kim Reynolds is asking permission from federal officials to restrict access to some foods, including sugary beverages, through SNAP in Iowa. Gov. Kim Reynolds has requested a waiver from the ...

“SNAP is about helping families in need get healthy food into their diets, but there’s nothing nutritious about the junk we’re removing with today’s waiver.” Six other states ...