So far this year, 12 states have approved plans to restrict Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits.

Columnist Pat Beall writes that recent exhortations from some Republicans to Make America Healthy Again seem a touch ...

A new push from red states aims to block soda and candy from SNAP purchases, sparking debate over health and funding cuts.

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is seeking federal waivers to update the state's SNAP program to exclude sodas and include some ...

There is now a bipartisan movement to ban SNAP benefits from being used to purchase junk food. Congress should make the ban permanent.

Waivers have already been approved in a dozen states ban unhealthy foods from being bought using SNAP benefits.

Twelve states, including Texas and Florida, will restrict SNAP purchases of junk food like soda, candy, and desserts starting ...

Governor Lee’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on how quickly the new rules would take effect if ...

The SNAP program seeks to assist low-income families and individuals to purchase nutritious food and thus promote healthy ...

The administration is celebrating every example it can find of food companies replacing corn syrup with cane sugar or seed ...

A child cannot flourish on Twinkies, candy and soda alone. Sadly, the state and negligent parents allow too many to try it.