U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver for Nebraska's food stamp program making it the first in the ...

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit ...

The decision marks a historic departure in SNAP administration, being the first waiver of its kind approved by the USDA.

About 155,000 people in Nebraska – or about 8% of the state's population – get benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Nebraska became the first state to ban the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for purchasing ...

Nebraska has received the first federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

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

Moving forward with his plans to encourage West Virginians to make healthier choices, Gov. Patrick Morrisey took the first ...

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

Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the Supplemental ...

West Virginia officials have submitted a waiver request to remove soda from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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