A fierce debate is growing over whether states should ban the purchase of junk food and soda with SNAP benefits. Explore both ...

Kansas, Nevada, Ohio and Wyoming have joined 18 other states in implementing restrictions on what food assistance recipients can purchase using their taxpayer-funded benefits. U.S. Secretary of ...

Formerly known as food stamps, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is the most important anti-hunger initiative in America. According to the United States Department of Agriculture ...

(NEXSTAR) – Six more states are adding restrictions to what SNAP beneficiaries can buy with their monthly benefits, the federal government announced this week. Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio is among more than 20 states approved to limit what people can buy with food assistance benefits under a new federal effort to promote healthier food choices. The program ...

Many convenience stores, corner markets, bodegas and other small stores will have to make changes if they want to continue to ...

Critics of the restrictions are concerned with the bouts of confusion, contingent on the state with some feeling it could drive the numbers down of people who participate in the program. As of Jan. 1, ...

(NEXSTAR) – Six more states are adding restrictions to what SNAP beneficiaries can buy with their monthly benefits, the federal government announced this week. Hawaii, Missouri, North Dakota, South ...