Greg Abbott is jumping into the push to restrict the use of food stamps to buy soda and candy in Texas. The Texas Republican ... Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. His request specifically ...

Gov. Greg Abbott is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits to ...

A House Republican proposal to slash $290 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps ... Antonio and Texas families, including cutting benefits for 1 ...

Texas has requested a waiver from the USDA to prohibit the use of SNAP benefits on unhealthy foods like soda and candy.

Greg Abbott plan, low-income Texans could use federal SNAP benefits to pay for healthy food, but not for low-nutrition, highly processed junk food. Credit: Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribune Audio ...

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP ...

Texas’ governor joins other Republican governors making similar requests to ban purchases of candy and soda through the SNAP ...

A bill advancing through the Texas legislature is also working to end the use of SNAP benefits to purchase ... foods from being purchased with SNAP-food stamps. SNAP is supposed to be 'nutritious ...