Some major shakeups are coming to Texas' Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The changes aim to restrict the use of SNAP benefits to purchase most sweetened beverages and candy in order to ...

Starting in March, more people need to meet new work requirements to remain eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps. People will need to meet ...

New food stamp restrictions prohibiting benefits to be used to purchase sweetened beverages and candy will affect millions of Texans starting April 1. Senate Bill 379, one of three bills under Texas’ ...

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Advocates are pushing the legislature to create a state-run SNAP program to provide benefits to people who lose federal assistance. A bill calls for the state to shift $40 million from an emergency ...

MACON, Ga. — A bill that could bring some changes to Georgia's SNAP program is on the move through the Georgia Legislature, and some Central Georgians are offering different perspectives. House Bill ...

Nevada will now block SNAP recipients from using food benefits to buy candy or sugar‑sweetened drinks. The state joins 21 others who have received permission to restrict purchases of sweets with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shoppers who use SNAP benefits will see changes to what they can buy in 2026 and beyond. Twenty-two states are changing or will ...

Ohioans will no longer be allowed to buy pop or other sugary carbonated drinks with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, starting Oct. 1. The ban is part of an effort to "empower ...

A state Senate committee endorsed Wednesday turning a proposed ban on residents using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to buy sugared soft drinks and candy over to a ...