U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver for Nebraska's food stamp program making it the first in the ...

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the food benefit ...

The decision marks a historic departure in SNAP administration, being the first waiver of its kind approved by the USDA.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver to amend which foods and beverages will be available for purchase ...

Nebraska is the first state to get federal approval to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the Supplemental ...

About 155,000 people in Nebraska – or about 8% of the state's population – get benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

Once the ban on candy and soda purchases with SNAP benefits goes into effect, not all candy will be banned. That's because of Indiana's tax code. Braun cited specific Indiana code to define the soft ...

On Monday, Rollins approved Nebraska's request to exclude soda and energy drinks ... to include a ban on purchasing candy and unhealthy snacks using SNAP payments. Brooke L. Rollins, U.S ...

THE SNAP BENEFITS U.S. SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE VISITED NEBRASKA TODAY TO ANNOUNCE ... state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the benefit program ...