(NEXSTAR) – On May 19, Nebraska became the first state in the country to obtain a waiver from the USDA to ban residents from purchasing sugary drinks with benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Data from the 2023-24 school year shows that 12.2 million children received free or reduced-price breakfast, and 21.1 million ...

"We are on track to sign multiples of snap waivers to get junk food and sugary ... local media reported. Other GOP-led states, including Texas and West Virginia, have applied for this waiver.

Here are four things to know about SNAP and how the proposed changes will affect states. SNAP feeds more than 42 million people As of fiscal 2023, an average of 42.1 million people across the ...

(The Center Square) – Republican lawmakers are prepared to defend their budget plan that shifts some of the costs of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to the states and better ...

But governors in a handful of other states have already submitted requests for their own SNAP waivers, with the intention of restricting certain foods or drinks — or, in a few cases, easing ...