So far this year, 12 states have approved plans to restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Taxpayers are paying for unhealthy junk food sold to needy Americans through welfare benefits that contribute to chronic ...

Changes are coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Six states are implementing new rules that will ...

Six more states received waivers this week from the Trump administration to ban soda and candy purchases from public food ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins recently signed waivers to change the definition of food that’s allowed to be ...

The proposal is still in the planning phase and would require federal approval before taking effect. If approved, it could ...

Starting Jan. 1, Florida’s SNAP recipients can no longer use their food stamp benefits to buy soda, energy drinks, candy, and ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday approved a waiver from Colorado seeking to exempt soda and sugary beverages from ...

In 2010, SNAP benefits went to more than 40 million people at a total cost of more than $68 billion. We need to focus on finding ways to make healthful foods more affordable and accessible to low ...

No one can dispute that soda is not nutritious, and food stamp recipients might be better off if they bought less of it. But the no-soda debate distracts from some of the major obstacles that SNAP ...