West Virginia’s plan to stop Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from being used to purchase soda will cost ...

West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy senior policy outreach director Seth DiStefano isn't so sure the Make America ...

At the beginning of August 2025, Governor Morrisey announced that a waiver was signed that would allow soda to be removed as ...

CHARLESTON — Federal officials have officially signed off on West Virginia’s request to end subsidies for sugary drinks for ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has officially approved West Virginia’s plan to disallow the use of federal food ...

Federal officials have officially signed off on West Virginia’s request to end subsidies for sugary drinks for the program ...

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey joined the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of Health and ...

Earlier this summer, though, state officials split soda and hot food into separate waiver requests. This week, in an ...

Six more states received waivers this week from the Trump administration to ban soda and candy purchases from public food assistance programs.

Under the state’s waiver application, the drinks meant to be removed from eligibility for purchase through SNAP include ...

Beginning Jan. 1, SNAP recipients in Florida will no longer be able to use the benefit on soda, energy drinks, candy or ...

SNAP CHANGES  Starting in 2026, certain items will not be available to purchase for recipients of the program. Here's what ...