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 ...

Restrictions on benefits also vary by state, adding to the confusion for the food industry. Some states are only banning ...

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

The vast majority of Americans do not want their tax dollars to subsidize sugary drinks, undermining public health in the ...

Starting next year, Florida SNAP recipients and a dozen other states will be facing more restrictions on what they can ...

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

OKLAHOMA CITY (KNWA/KFTA) — Oklahoma will soon be among nearly a dozen states to remove certain foods from food stamp ...

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 ...