Utah's waiver to exclude soda from food stamps purchases was approved by the USDA. The waiver aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s "Make America Healthy Again" initiative.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ waiver banning candy and soft drinks from Arkansas’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

SNAP — formerly known as the food stamp program — is the country’s largest federal nutrition assistance program. It provides ...

Gov. Jeff Landry sent a request to the Department of Agriculture last week, asking it to remove sugary drinks, soda, and ...

U.S. approves Arkansas’ request to ban food stamp purchases of soda, candy June 10, 2025 by Grant Lancaster | Updated June 11, 2025 at 9:51 a.m. Follow this story ...

In a 2016 study, USDA reported that 20% of SNAP spending went to unhealthy food and beverages. This is on par with non-SNAP families who spent 19.7% of their food budget on “junk food ...

U.S. approves Arkansas’ request to ban food stamp purchases of soda, candy June 10, 2025 by Grant Lancaster | Updated June 11, 2025 at 9:51 a.m.

States could end their participation in the food stamp program if they can no longer afford it under Republican spending ...

Junk food purchases using SNAP benefits have been banned in three more states, taking the national total to six. Arkansas, Idaho and Utah have all had waivers approved that will ban unhealthy ...

Through the years, the idea of not using SNAP to subsidize soda and candy has had bipartisan support. And the recent efforts ...

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) -- formerly known as food stamps -- is administered by the United States ...