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

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

Six more states received waivers this week from the Trump administration to ban soda and candy purchases from public food ...

The states were granted waivers from HHS to restrict the kinds of foods residents can purchase with SNAP benefits.

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

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's office says they plan to join a growing number of states preventing SNAP benefits from ...

The health and human services secretary wants to limit access to items he has called “poison.” But this mission is more ...

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is seeking federal waivers to update the state's SNAP program to exclude sodas and include some ...

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 ...

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

A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has raised alarm bells by projecting that a large number of US ...