Some states want to block SNAP recipients from using benefits to buy sugary foods as part of the "make America healthy again" ...

Idaho is set to become the first state in the U.S. to restrict the purchase of sweets and sodas with SNAP benefits. This ...

Idaho will try to ban a food assistance program from covering candy and soda. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed into law House ...

If the federal U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, doesn’t grant Idaho’s candy/soda SNAP ban waiver, the bill says ...

Governor Brad Little says Idaho is committed to "Making America Healthy Again" by removing soda and candy from the SNAP ...

Four states have said they will try to eliminate sugary products from food stamps programs, which may affect recipients of ...

Brad Little on Tuesday signed into law a bill that bans food stamp recipients from using their SNAP benefits to buy soda and ...

Three GOP-led states are moving to strip unhealthy items from their food stamp programs that help low-income Americans afford groceries. Arkansas became the first state Tuesday to submit a ...

The Trump administration plans to ban SNAP recipients from buying soda and candy. Here are the states considering these new ...

Arguing the bill wouldn’t be workable, Idaho House Minority Leader Ilana Rubel, D-Boise, has said it would cause grocery stores to stop accepting SNAP. But bill cosponsor Senate Majority Caucus ...

Nearly one third of Idaho’s residents meet the medical definition of obese — and this figure has grown by 50% over the last ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law House ... by the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.