Under Arizona’s bill, SNAP participants could be prevented from buying granola bars and some cereals, while allowing them to ...

About 23% of food stamp dollars go to purchase items like soda, candy, desserts and salty snacks. That contributes to higher obesity rates.

Supporters see it as an important health step. Critics, including business industry, say definitions are unworkably broad.

A Missouri bill proposes prohibiting low-income residents from purchasing soda and candy with SNAP benefits. Supporters argue ...

Using SNAP benefits to buy candy and soda may soon be off-limits in the state if the Tennessee Health SNAP Act continues its ...

A bill sponsored by Rep. Jamie Gragg (R-Ozark) would prevent Missourians using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

A Republican lawmaker proposed restricting people in Tennessee from buying soft drinks or candy with federal nutrition ... to restrict people from buying "soda or processed foods" through the ...

Kristen Chevrier, R-Highland, is sponsoring HB403, which prohibits SNAP benefits (also known as food stamps) from being used to purchase candy and soft ... However, as soda is the most commonly ...