Florida will ban SNAP recipients from buying soda, candy, and other sweets starting in April. The state is one of 22, mostly Republican-led, that have requested waivers from the USDA to restrict ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shoppers who use SNAP benefits will see changes to what they can buy in 2026 and beyond. Twenty-two states are changing or will ...

Kansas, Nevada, Ohio and Wyoming have joined 18 other states in implementing restrictions on what food assistance recipients can purchase using their taxpayer-funded benefits. U.S. Secretary of ...

Eighteen states have gained Department of Agriculture approval to restrict what 1.4 million SNAP recipients can purchase at grocery stores through the program. Eight have already begun enforcement — ...

Ohioans will no longer be allowed to buy pop or other sugary carbonated drinks with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, starting Oct. 1. The ban is part of an effort to "empower ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Beginning April 1, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients in Texas can no longer use their benefits to buy candy or sweetened drinks. The change came following a ...

Major changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, courtesy of President Donald Trump and his GOP-controlled Congress, have arrived across the nation. The reforms to the food assistance ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. jetcityimage / Getty Images The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is America’s largest anti-hunger initiative, ...

President Trump signed a bill that made his 2019 tax cuts permanent and cut SNAP funding by an estimated $186 billion through 2034. The new law makes it more difficult to qualify for SNAP benefits by ...

Micheline Maynard has focused on the business world for much of her career. Also known as Micki, she has been a writer and editor at news organizations including The New York Times and NPR, and is the ...