West Virginia’s plan to stop Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from being used to purchase soda will cost ...

At least 12 states have received federal approval to restrict recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or ...

The states receiving waivers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture are overwhelmingly Republican. Colorado, Florida, ...

The removal of soda from West Virginia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin at the start of the new year.

CHARLESTON — Federal officials have officially signed off on West Virginia’s request to end subsidies for sugary drinks for ...

In West Virginia, 22 organizations signed onto a letter to the governor, saying the data collections amounts to federal ...

In July, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued guidance to states to move ahead with implementing ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is calling on SNAP agencies across the country to release personal information about those who are in the program.Almost two ...

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

Earlier this summer, though, state officials split soda and hot food into separate waiver requests. This week, in an ...

The changes would allow for prepared foods to be purchased by SNAP recipients and exclude processed foods and sodas.