New lawsuit targets a set of waivers approved by the USDA that allow states to limit purchases of junk food.

A group of food stamp recipients is taking the federal government to court, arguing new limits on what can be purchased with ...

Kansas, Ohio, Nevada, and Wyoming are the latest states that will implement restrictions on food purchases by SNAP recipients and banning them from using their taxpayer-funded food assistance benefit ...

In suing to halt restrictions in five states, the plaintiffs argued that the Trump administration violated laws authorizing SNAP and governing changes in policies.

The first five state bans will impact about 1.4 million people. The New Year is bringing new restrictions and bans for Americans living in five states who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

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You know it’s a strange political moment when the federal government does something shockingly… sensible. But here we are, the USDA just signed off on something that sounds like it was cooked up in a ...

State Senators Victoria Sullivan, (R) Manchester, and Sue Prentiss, (D) Lebanon, debate legislation to ban the purchase of ...

A state Senate committee endorsed Wednesday turning a proposed ban on residents using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to buy sugared soft drinks and candy over to a commissio ...

A Pennsylvania state lawmaker has introduced a bill to exclude junk food from SNAP benefits. Representative Alec Ryncavage (R-Luzerne) introduced the co-sponsorship memo to ensure that taxpayer-funded ...