Iowa and Indiana have received a waiver approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to ban junk food from being ...

The Trump administration's Agriculture Secretary signaled she will be signing multiple waivers to let states ban junk food ...

Waiver grants flexibility by modifying specific USDA program rules, enabling states to administer SNAP program in different ...

USDA approves Nebraska's waiver to exclude soda and energy drinks from purchase with food stamps, sparking debate on ...

Republican lawmakers across the country seem to agree that taxpayer-funded “junk food” purchases are ... SNAP is a federal program, and states cannot enforce a ban on purchases themselves.

Under new laws in Oaxaca and Tabasco states, no one under 18 will be able to buy junk food or sugary drinks. Lawmaker Magaly Lopez (ph) spearheaded the ban with a bill she got through the Oaxaca ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is asking the USDA to grant the state a waiver to prevent Texans from using SNAP benefits to buy junk food ...

If one Texas lawmaker has his way, people on food stamps in the Lone Star state will be banned from using using ... proposed legislation seeking to take junk food out of low-income shopping ...

Details of Tabasco’s ban are still being worked out, but the vote was 22 to 8. With its ley antichatarra, or anti-junk food law, the southern state of Oaxaca, in a vote of 31 to 1, prohibited ...

In addition to Tabasco, Chihuahua state is debating a junk food ban, and Mexico City's mayor says her administration is looking into something similar. A federal senator from Oaxaca says he wants ...

Under new laws in Oaxaca and Tabasco states, no one under 18 will be able to buy junk food or sugary drinks. Lawmaker Magaly Lopez (ph) spearheaded the ban with a bill she got through the Oaxaca ...