A growing number of U.S. states are redefining the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Recently, the USDA approved new waivers for six additional states, bringing the ...

The Trump administration on Monday approved six additional states seeking to ban food stamp recipients from purchasing processed food. Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Texas and Florida ...

A woman in Michigan said the state fired her for exposing a scheme that stole money from the state's SNAP program.

The USDA had so far signed waivers to allow six states — Arkansas, Idaho, Utah, Iowa, Indiana and Nebraska — to place similar purchasing restrictions on SNAP recipients. “I hope to see all ...

The SNAP Next Step Program is in place in the state, but it’s not mandatory. Also, a new 2025 waiver will effectively prohibit the purchase of soda and energy drinks with SNAP benefits.

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — U.S. Secretary Brooke Rollins signed a waiver Monday that ends the purchase of junk food using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — U.S. Secretary Brooke Rollins signed a waiver Monday that ends the purchase of junk food using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday approved a waiver from Colorado seeking to exempt soda and sugary beverages from SNAP beginning in 2026.

Colorado is the first blue state to receive a waiver, highlighting the bipartisan effort of the MAHA movement. “This is not red or blue, Republican or Democrat,” said Rollins.

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is the first Democrat governor to request a waiver of sugary drinks from the states SNAP program. "This is not red or blue, Republican or Democrat.

Colorado is the first blue state to have a waiver approved for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that limits the ability to buy soda and other sugary beverages, set to go into ef… ...