West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey is going after soft drinks and similar foods that people in the state can buy with SNAP ...

The Holdrege Area Public Library is presenting “Meet Us at the Mural.” The first event will be at 6 p.m. at the Midtown ...

Kansas is closer to banning SNAP benefits from buying candy and soda pop after DCF submitted a waiver to USDA, which just granted one to Nebraska.

Soda is the most recent target of Governor Patrick Morrisey's effort to make West Virginia healthier, Morrisey announced Tuesday the state has submitted a waive ...

More than a year after Nebraska's executive branch shunned legislative oversight of the state's troubled prison and child welfare systems in a violation of state law, the Legislature moved Wednesday ...

Nebraska democrats called on Rep. Don Bacon to vote "no" on President Donald Trump's budget bill that intends to make cuts to SNAP and Medicaid.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, submitted a SNAP waiver request to the USDA on May 12, reported The Des Moines Register. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, a Democrat, vetoed a bill that would ...

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins has announced that recipients of Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

As lawmakers debated a bill to regulate medical marijuana at the Nebraska State Capitol, a Lincoln judge Tuesday took up a motion seeking the dismissal of the latest ...

Nebraska has become the first state in the country to receive federal approval to ban the purchase of sodas and energy drinks with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) ...

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