A growing number of state leaders want the federal government to forbid the use of food stamps to buy sodas and candy. It’s ...

Four states have said they will try to eliminate sugary products from food stamps programs, which may affect recipients of ...

Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders submitted a waiver to the USDA looking to bring changes to the SNAP program.

Three GOP-led states are moving to strip unhealthy items from their food stamp programs that help low-income Americans afford groceries. Arkansas became the first state Tuesday to submit a waiver ...

Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Arkansas on Tuesday requested to ban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, from being used to purchase junk food or soda. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo) Indiana Gov.

SNAP is more commonly referred to as food stamps. Sanders announced the waiver on Tuesday morning at the Arkansas Governor's Mansion alongside U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins.

Arkansas GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday filed a waiver to the U.S. Department of Agriculture that outlined her plan to ban state food stamps from being used on soft drinks and candy. The ...

“They changed our food system in this country so that it is poison to us,” Kennedy said Tuesday. “We can’t be a strong nation if we are not a strong people.” The Arkansas plan, which ...

“Banning soft drinks and candy from food stamps will remove some of the least-healthy, most-processed foods from the program and encourage low-income Arkansans to eat better.” While the waiver ...