Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, submitted a SNAP waiver request to the USDA on May 12, reported The Des Moines Register. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would ...

The Trump administration approved a first-of-its-kind waiver for Nebraska to ban purchases of soda and energy drinks with ...

WEDNESDAY, May 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda ...

Idaho recently moved to reshape its approach to federal food assistance by submitting a waiver request to the U.S. Department ...

“It simply supplements, that’s the keyword, supplements, what families are not getting in other resources,” South Plains Food ...

It is the first time the federal government has issued a waiver allowing a state to ban people from using food stamps to buy ...

Nebraska has banned SNAP benefits for purchasing pop and energy drinks. USDA Secretary Brooke L. Rollins announced the ...

USDA approves Nebraska's waiver to exclude soda and energy drinks from purchase with food stamps, sparking debate on ...

The request states Iowa wishes to refocus the SNAP program on its designed intent, “to promote the general welfare and safeguard the health and well-being” by encouraging SNAP participants to ...

Nebraska has received the first federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to ...