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

Columnist Pat Beall writes that recent exhortations from some Republicans to Make America Healthy Again seem a touch ...

Waivers have already been approved in a dozen states ban unhealthy foods from being bought using SNAP benefits.

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

The health and human services secretary wants to limit access to items he has called “poison.” But this mission is more ...

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

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is seeking federal waivers to update the state's SNAP program to exclude sodas and include some ...

There is now a bipartisan movement to ban SNAP benefits from being used to purchase junk food. Congress should make the ban permanent.

Six more states have banned junk food purchases from being bought with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

Texas takes "junk food" off the SNAP eligibility list as part of the Trump administration's push to "Make America Healthy ...

Governor Lee’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how quickly the new rules would take effect if ...