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

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

Languages: English. Iowa and Indiana have received a waiver approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban junk food from being bought using SNAP benefits. The push to limit SNAP ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed 53 new laws this week, covering rental assistance, education, consumer protections, and state ...

IOWA’S REQUEST TO LIMIT PURCHASES MADE WITH SNAP BENEFITS HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE USDA. THAT’S ACCORDING TO GOVERNOR REYNOLDS AND THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES. THE WAIVER ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A waiver has been signed at the federal level to remove soft drinks and candy from being eligible as part of Indiana’s SNAP program. According to a news release from the office ...

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

OMAHA, NEB. — Nebraska has become the first state to receive US Department of Agriculture approval for a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) waiver that bans the use of benefits for ...

USDA approved a demonstration waiver in Iowa to exclude certain foods from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. (Photo by Lance Cheung/USDA) The U.S. Department of Agriculture ...