Eighteen states will restrict what SNAP users can buy with their benefits in 2026, including soda, candy, and energy drinks. See the changes by state.

Starting New Year's Day, some food-stamp recipients around the U.S. will be banned from using the government nutrition assistance to buy candy, soda and other foods. Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and ...

Starting Thursday, Americans in five states who get government help paying for groceries will see new restrictions on soda, candy and other foods they can buy with those benefits. Indiana, Iowa, ...

A new cost-sharing law could put SNAP benefits at risk for tens of millions of Americans. States will have to fund a portion of SNAP benefits based on their payment ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Starting Thursday, Americans in five states — including Iowa — who get government help paying for ...