U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins, along with Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., signed ...

Idaho, Arkansas, and Utah are now allowed to ban the purchase of soda, sugary drinks, and junk food under SNAP benefits.

Starting in January 2026, Idaho SNAP recipients will not be able to use their benefits to purchase candy or soda. State ...

Come January, residents in Idaho, Arkansas and Utah will no longer be able to use food stamps to buy soft drinks or candy.

Alexa Teuscher once spent her childhood afternoons coloring quietly in the corner of her father's classroom, listening to ...

Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke L. Rollins signed three new state SNAP food restriction waivers on Tuesday. The ...

Three states received federal waivers to prohibit participants in food assistance programs from buying junk food, bringing the total to six states reforming their food stamp programs.

The Idaho Conservation League (ICL) and Environment America announced Tuesday that they have reached an agreement with ...

In April, Kennedy stopped in Utah as part of his “MAHA tour.” During his visit he praised Utah’s SNAP ban, along with a slate of other “MAHA bills,” which was headlined by Utah’s first-in-the-nation ...

State lawmakers passed a bill earlier this year to ban soda purchases with SNAP funds, but the bill hinged on the federal ...

WE Soda, the world's largest producer of natural soda ash, confirmed this week it’s downsizing positions following a $1.43 ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved Utah's request to restrict the purchase of soft drinks with food stamps, ...