States have started banning junk food from SNAP. It’s not going according to plan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KAIT) - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ waiver banning candy and soft drinks from Arkansas’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Sodas and chips are displayed at a convenience store in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York. As of this month, 12 states, mostly Republican and in the South, have opted to limit SNAP ...

It's been eight months since Kansas submitted a SNAP waiver request to USDA asking permission to ban food stamps from buying candy and soda.