Let us review the slugfest between my AEI colleague Angel Rachidi and me on whether Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) beneficiaries ought to be able to use their benefits to purchase ...

States are quietly rewriting the rules of the grocery checkout line for millions of low income households, tightening what can be bought with public food assistance. Eighteen states now either block ...

Food stamp recipients would have to pay for chocolate and candy with their own money if governors receive federal waivers. (Alan Greenblatt/Governing) A battle is brewing nationwide over whether ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday approved Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' request for a waiver banning the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to purchase soft drinks, ...

South Carolinians soon won’t be able to purchase their sweet tea using federal food benefits, according to an executive order Gov. Henry McMaster issued Thursday. “If you want to buy it with your ...