Arkansas, Idaho and Utah have received permission to place restrictions on which foods are SNAP-eligible, joining three other ...

Three states received federal waivers to prohibit participants in food assistance programs from buying junk food, bringing ...

Junk food purchases using SNAP benefits have been banned in three more states, taking the national total to six. Arkansas, ...

Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins signed three new state SNAP food restriction waivers on Tuesday. The ...

Secretary Rollins signs state waivers to Make America Healthy Again by removing unhealthy foods from SNAP in Arkansas, Idaho and Utah.

Kennedy Jr., signed three new food choice waivers to Make America Healthy Again. The signed waivers will amend the statutory ...

In April, Kennedy stopped in Utah as part of his “MAHA tour.” During his visit he praised Utah’s SNAP ban, along with a slate of other “MAHA bills,” which was headlined by Utah’s first-in-the-nation ...

The 41.7 million people who received monthly SNAP benefits in 2024 have long known they cannot use what were once called food stamps to purchase alcohol, ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he hopes to expand state Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program waivers to ...

If the waiver is approved, West Virginia would join Iowa, Indiana and Nebraska as the states who have restricted using SNAP for soda.

The three states join the growing list of Republican states that have received SNAP waivers under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda.