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

Jim Pillen. She has also signed a waiver for Indiana and Iowa, "with half-a-dozen more coming down the line," she said. "We are on track to sign multiples of snap waivers to get junk food and ...

Nebraska’s waiver will effectively prohibit the purchases of soda and energy drinks with SNAP benefits. Iowa’s will ban nearly all “taxable” food items, as defined by Iowa law. And in ...

The Michigan Retailers Association, an industry group, is also concerned with SNAP cuts and wants Congress to pursue "prudent ...

"SNAP is about helping families in need get healthy food into their diets, but there's nothing nutritious about the junk we're removing with today's waiver." Six other states — Arkansas ...

Nebraska was the first state in the nation to receive a waiver to move toward restricting low-income recipients from using SNAP benefits to buy soda and energy drinks. As of March 2025 ...

“SNAP is about helping families in need get healthy food into their diets, but there's nothing nutritious about the junk we're removing with today's waiver.” Six other states ...

Jim Pillen as she holds up a copy of the first-ever SNAP waiver that allows a state to restrict certain food items from the federal food assistance program. Nebraska's pilot project will prohibit ...