The removal of soda from West Virginia's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will begin at the start of the new year.

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

The state has now shared when soda drinks will no longer be available to be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funds.

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

Some believe the Make America Healthy Again initiative isn't in the best interest of West Virginians, while others are all for it.

For years, SNAP has used taxpayer dollars to fund soda and candy — products that fuel America’s diabetes and chronic disease epidemics,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey joined the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert Kennedy for the signing of a federal waiver ...

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

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

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