The Trump administration's Agriculture Secretary signaled she will be signing multiple waivers to let states ban junk food ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed a waiver for Nebraska's food stamp program making it the first in the ...

About 155,000 people in Nebraska – or about 8% of the state's population – get benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Kansas is closer to banning SNAP benefits from buying candy and soda pop after DCF submitted a waiver to USDA, which just granted one to Nebraska.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is allowing two more states, Indiana and Iowa, to restrict what can be purchased with ...

Texas is on the verge of banning THC products as Republicans there seek to expand the state's medical marijuana program.

"Soaring obesity rates have brought our nation and state to a crossroads," Reynolds said in a statement. "To promote healthy ...

SNAP benefits are paid on a monthly basis to around 40 million Americans across all U.S. states and territories.

Every dollar invested in SNAP generates $1.79 in economic activity, from farmers and truckers to grocers, meaning the ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a slate of 29 bills Tuesday, including ones that create school safety assessment teams. Crespo has represented northwest Cook County in the House since 2007 and was chair ...

The 70-page report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission targets the pharmaceutical and food industries for growing rates of childhood chronic disease.

More than half of U.S. states now have laws banning or regulating cellphones in schools, with more likely to follow.