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So far this year, 12 states have approved plans to restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.
Six more states have banned junk food purchases from being bought with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...
Six more states received waivers this week from the Trump administration to ban soda and candy purchases from public food ...
A dozen states are banning people from buying sodas and some sugary snacks using federal food assistance. The effort is part ...
The new waivers will restrict the purchase of so-called "junk food" with SNAP funds in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, ...
A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has raised alarm bells by projecting that a large number of US citizens will stop receiving food stamps from the SNAP pro ...
The administration is celebrating every example it can find of food companies replacing corn syrup with cane sugar or seed ...
There is now a bipartisan movement to ban SNAP benefits from being used to purchase junk food. Congress should make the ban permanent.
Texas takes "junk food" off the SNAP eligibility list as part of the Trump administration's push to "Make America Healthy ...
Starting Jan. 1, Florida’s SNAP recipients can no longer use their food stamp benefits to buy soda, energy drinks, candy, and ...
Governor Lee’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how quickly the new rules would take effect if ...
Waivers have already been approved in a dozen states ban unhealthy foods from being bought using SNAP benefits.