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

Nebraska has received the first federal waiver to ban soda and energy drinks from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

Nebraska lawmakers upheld a lifetime ban on SNAP benefits for felons with drug convictions. LB 319 was six votes short of ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins approved a waiver Monday (May 19) allowing Nebraska to prohibit Supplemental ...

Nebraska lawmakers upheld a lifetime ban on SNAP benefits for felons with drug convictions. LB 319 was six votes short of becoming law.

Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver to amend which foods and beverages will be available for purchase under Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Residents will no ...

Recipients of Nebraska’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will no longer be allowed to purchase soda or ...

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

Nebraska is the first state in the country to sign onto the U.S. secretary of agriculture's new pilot program for SNAP ...

Vanderbilt lost 56 in a row, from 1992 to 2006. It beat No. 16 Georgia on the road to snap the skid. Comparatively, the task for Nebraska appears manageable. The streak needs to end in 2025 for ...

April 29, 2025. (Zach Wendling/Nebraska Examiner) The current law allows Nebraskans with one or two drug possession or use convictions to access SNAP if they have completed a licensed and ...