The decision marks a historic departure in SNAP administration, being the first waiver of its kind approved by the USDA.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that recipients of Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will no longer be allowed to purchase soda or energy drinks. It ...

Nebraska becomes the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks under the benefit program long ...

Nebraska lawmakers upheld a lifetime ban on SNAP benefits for felons with drug convictions. LB 319 was six votes short of ...

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver to amend which foods and beverages will be available for purchase ...

About 155,000 people in Nebraska – or about 8% of the state's population – get benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver for Nebraska's food stamp program making it the first in the ...

THE SNAP BENEFITS U.S. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE VISITED NEBRASKA TODAY TO ANNOUNCE A MASSIVE CHANGE. SECRETARY BROOKE ROLLINS MET WITH NEBRASKA GOVERNOR JIM PILLEN AND THIRD DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN ...

SEVEN. A NEBRASKA WOMAN AND A LOCAL ORGANIZATION SAY A LIFETIME BAN ON SNAP BENEFITS FOR FELONS WITH DRUG CONVICTIONS CONVICTIONS IS DOING MORE HARM THAN GOOD. ON MONDAY, THE NEBRASKA LEGISLATURE ...

“There’s absolutely zero reason for taxpayers to be subsidizing purchases of soda and energy drinks," Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen, a Republican, said in a statement. "SNAP is about helping ...