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

Bureau for Family Assistance (BFA) has received federal approval to implement a new restriction on the purchase of soda using Supplemental ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

West Virginia’s waiver request has acknowledged a possible cost to institute the changes to be be passed along to the state’s ...

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

West Virginia just received the green light to remove soda from food stamps/SNAP, which could help cut down on teen soda consumption in the state.