An Alabama Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday that would prohibit food assistance recipients from using their ...

Tennessee will implement changes to what items can be bought with federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits in 2026. The new restrictions bar SNAP recipients from using ...

Could cracking open a can of soda be worse for you than unwrapping a candy bar? Researchers at Utah’s Brigham Young University and institutions in Germany say that drinking your sugar could have a ...

Big changes are coming to how shoppers can use SNAP food benefits in some states. Starting on January 1, some states are planning to implement new rules limiting purchases of soda, energy drinks, ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved South Carolina's request to remove candy and soft drinks from SNAP eligibility. Gov. Henry McMaster's executive order defined four categories of food to be ...

Kansas lawmakers inserted language in the state budget that would restrict what food benefit recipients can buy. Critics say that defining what counts as unhealthy food and drinks is tricky, and the ...

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It’s official. Come January, Idaho residents on food stamps will no longer be able to use the grocery-purchasing assistance to buy soft drinks or candy. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins ...

Shoppers who use SNAP benefits will see changes to what they can buy in some states in 2026. Eighteen states plan to make changes to what people who use SNAP can buy. Most of the changes limit ...

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