Waiver grants flexibility by modifying specific USDA program rules, enabling states to administer SNAP program in different ...

Iowa and Indiana have received a waiver approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban junk food from being ...

Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January, there has been a renewed push by Republican lawmakers to ban the purchase of "junk" food using SNAP benefits. If the legislation ...

Keith Self, R-Texas, introduced the Funding Is Zero for Zero Nutrition Options (FIZZ-NO) Act of 2025, which would block purchases of sodas with SNAP benefits ... pay for junk food and endanger ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the USDA to grant the state a waiver to prevent Texans from using SNAP benefits to buy junk food ...