So far this year, 12 states have approved plans to restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Waivers have already been approved in a dozen states ban unhealthy foods from being bought using SNAP benefits.

There is now a bipartisan movement to ban SNAP benefits from being used to purchase junk food. Congress should make the ban permanent.

Governor Lee’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how quickly the new rules would take effect if ...

A child cannot flourish on Twinkies, candy and soda alone. Sadly, the state and negligent parents allow too many to try it.

Twelve states, including Texas and Florida, will restrict SNAP purchases of junk food like soda, candy, and desserts starting ...

The SNAP program seeks to assist low-income families and individuals to purchase nutritious food and thus promote healthy ...

The way we shop for groceries is changing, and for some Americans, those changes are a direct result of new state-level ...

Columnist Pat Beall writes that recent exhortations from some Republicans to Make America Healthy Again seem a touch ...

A new wave of policy changes is sweeping across the country, with six additional states moving to restrict what can be ...

Starting Jan. 1, Florida’s SNAP recipients can no longer use their food stamp benefits to buy soda, energy drinks, candy, and ...

Florida's SNAP program will exclude junk food like soda and candy starting in 2026 as part of a "novel demonstration project.