The Trump administration approved a first-of-its-kind waiver for Nebraska to ban purchases of soda and energy drinks with ...

WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda ...

Idaho recently moved to reshape its approach to federal food assistance by submitting a waiver request to the U.S. Department ...

Nebraska has banned SNAP benefits for purchasing pop and energy drinks. USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the ...

USDA approves Nebraska's waiver to exclude soda and energy drinks from purchase with food stamps, sparking debate on ...

Nebraska has received the first federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to ...

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

Millions of households in the United States depend each month on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to meet their food needs. However, receiving this assistance does not ...

The bill would require the state to ... Awareness of SNAP could be a big benefit for college students. “People think because college is a prestigious thing, people can afford food and stuff ...

Mike Lee, R-Utah, wants to overhaul the nation’s largest federal food assistance program ... But mandating that states cover even just a portion of SNAP benefits would shift “huge costs ...