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Arkansas, Indiana Attack SNAP Purchases
The Trump administration and the U.S. House of Representatives want to reduce the benefit. On Tuesday, Arkansas and Indiana entered the debate, stating they will seek a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to remove soda and candy from SNAP. The two became the first states to make such a request.
States move to ban soda and candy from SNAP – triggering industry pushback and potentially a domino effect across US
Arkansas, Indiana and Idaho want to block low-income Americans from spending nutrition aid on candy and soda as part of the Trump Administration’s larger Make America Healthy Again initiative – but in
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Public-health groups are tying themselves in knots over a GOP crackdown on the sugary drink.
Discover the full SNAP payments schedule for April 2025, updated benefit amounts by state, and why RFK Jr.'s proposed soda ban for SNAP.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the Arizona state Capitol on Tuesday to endorse a bill that would prohibit Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from being used to buy sodas.
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