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Reynolds requests waiver to make certain foods ineligible under SNAP
Governor Kim Reynolds continues to make moves to try to make Iowa’s food programs healthier. This time she submitted a ...
Iowa Public Radio1d
Iowa joins states asking for federal waivers to make some foods ineligible under SNAP
Gov. Kim Reynolds has requested a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to limit what foods are eligible for the ...
Iowa asks for federal waivers to add SNAP restrictions
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is asking the federal government for a waiver to add restrictions on SNAP benefits.Iowa Public ...
Undark Magazine2d
A Possible SNAP Soda Ban Gains Momentum from MAHA
For years, health advocates have tried to stop SNAP funds from being spent on soda. Will MAHA push the change through?
Baking Business2d
Americans strongly back SNAP, FMI survey shows
ARLINGTON, VA. — Americans strongly support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and most oppose potential ...
Food Business News2d
FMI poll shows Americans strongly support SNAP
ARLINGTON, VA. — Americans strongly support the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and most oppose potential benefit cuts to the more than 50-year-old federal hunger-assistance program, ...
The Gazette4dOpinion
Public funds for public foods
A Mount Vernon farmer's market vendor advertises acceptance of SNAP benefits in this 2012 file photo. (Cliff Jette/The ...
The Florida group chipping away at public benefits one state at a time
As an Arizona bill to block people from using government aid to buy soda headed to the governor's desk in April, the nation's ...
AlterNet on MSN3d
SNAP soda ban triggers intense 'lobbying frenzy' by 'Big Soda'
Kennedy Jr. is pushing a restriction for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits: not allowing them to be ...