WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has approved Idaho’s request to implement House Bill 109, removing soft drinks, candy, and energy drinks from the list of ...

Junk food purchases using SNAP benefits have been banned in three more states, taking the national total to six. Arkansas, ...

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI ... for approval to restrict the purchase of junk food using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, commonly known as food stamps.

Families relying on SNAP benefits may need to adjust their shopping habits as new changes aim to improve public health and ...

NEBRASKA — Following a significant move in Nebraska, Idaho ... SNAP is about helping families in need get healthy food into their diets, but there’s nothing nutritious about the junk we ...

Separately, Indiana and Idaho announced their intensions ... longer going to cover the cost of junk food,” Sanders said. The waiver proposes to eliminate SNAP benefits for all types of soda ...

Three Republican-led states are the first to request bans on using food stamps to purchase some junk food, a change pushed by the Trump administration. Officials in Arkansas, Indiana and Idaho ...

IDAHO, USA — Idaho Gov ... the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) purchases. House Bill 109 is focusing on promoting healthier food options within SNAP purchases, also known ...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and U.S. Rep. Jim Baird join U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins in signing waivers to remove ...

In Idaho and Indiana, the limits apply to soda ... across the Administration to prohibit the sale of junk food in SNAP and end taxpayer-funded junk food," the letter said. "I also wish to notify ...

Kennedy Jr, and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins are working together to encourage states to implement rules prohibiting SNAP beneficiaries ... s food assistance program. Idaho's children ...