New USDA rules will ban SNAP recipients in Florida from buying soda, energy drinks, and candy starting in April 2026. At least 18 states will implement new restrictions on what can be purchased with ...

2025 marked a volatile year for the 41.7 million Americans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, to buy food. But while their benefits were restored after the government ...

(NEXSTAR) – States have two years to dramatically reduce mistakes in administering food aid or risk losing funding. The Trump administration has told states if they ...

Starting New Year's Day, some food-stamp recipients around the U.S. will be banned from using the government nutrition assistance to buy candy, soda and other foods. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and ...

SOUTH BEND, IN (WSBT) — No more junk food for people that use SNAP in Indiana. It’s part of Governor Mike Braun's "Make Indiana Healthy Again" Initiative. The initiative is backed by Department of ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Beginning Thursday, SNAP recipients in West Virginia will no longer be able to use their benefits to purchase soda. More than a dozen states applied for waivers from the ...

Dec. 31 (UPI) --SNAP users in some states face additional limits on what they can buy that take effect Thursday. At least 18 states are banning sodas, sugary drinks and candy from being purchased with ...

Beginning in January, Iowans won't be able to use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds to buy pop or candy — or certain prepared foods. Some Iowans say the rules are confusing. Iowa's food ...

Millions of SNAP recipients are about to face new limitations on what they can use the federal assistance program to buy, including bans on soda, energy drinks and candy, according to the U.S.

Scammers steal billions of dollars in food stamps from needy people every year. Why isn’t Congress doing anything to stop them? Bianca Hunter, a mother of two, had her SNAP EBT card declined last ...

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, ...

Jan. 1 marks the first day of a new set of rules for food-stamp recipients in Indiana. Those who partake in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Benefits program will no longer be able to buy most ― ...