The removal of soda from West Virginia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin at the start of the new year.

People in the Mountain State will no longer be able to buy soda with SNAP starting January 2026. According to a press release ...

West Virginia’s plan to stop Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from being used to purchase soda will cost ...

The state has now shared when soda drinks will no longer be available to be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds.

SNAP benefits are a crucial lifeline for millions of families, but a wave of new state-level restrictions is about to change ...

Earlier this month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. notched one of his biggest wins of the "Make ...

This week, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins continued to make history, signing federal waivers banning certain junk ...

Starting Jan. 1, Florida’s SNAP recipients can no longer use their food stamp benefits to buy soda, energy drinks, candy, and ...

Florida's SNAP program will exclude junk food like soda and candy starting in 2026 as part of a "novel demonstration project.

Source: Nadiia Borovenko / Getty USDA officials approved waivers for six more states to restrict junk food purchases with SNAP benefits. Beginning in 2026, recipients in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, ...

Starting next year, Floridians who receive food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will no longer be able to purchase certain processed foods and drinks.