Gov. Patrick Morrisey has been on a mission since March to encourage healthy living while using the levers of government to ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey has been on a mission since March to encourage healthy living while using the levers of government to discourage use of taxpayer dollars to subsidize the purchase of soda for low ...

Louisiana joins several other states, including West Virginia, Utah, Texas, Idaho and Michigan, that have recently passed ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey has been on a mission since March to encourage healthy living while using the levers of government to ...

USA’s Soup-To-Nuts podcast, better-for-you soda brand Zevia’s CEO Amy Taylor unpacks the potential consequences of soda bans ...

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins recently signed a waiver filed by Indiana officials to remove sugary ...

Idaho has one of the lowest payment error rates for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, USDA data show ...

“The state of Iowa doesn’t trust low-income families to make food choices,” said Luke Elzinga, who chairs the board of the ...

Not all waivers were seeking the same restrictions, however. Nebraska’s waiver will effectively prohibit the purchases of ...

Nancy Brown, CEO of the American Heart Association, said earlier this month that the group supports efforts to ban soda from SNAP ... drinks from that state's SNAP benefits, the ABA said it ...

Nebraska, though, is the first state to receive a federal waiver that will ban recipients from using their benefits to purchase soda or energy ... said in a statement. "SNAP is about helping ...