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

West Virginia has been granted a waiver by U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Service Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to remove soda from the SNAP.

West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has announced a federal waiver that allows the state to eliminate soda as an ...

Under the state’s waiver application, the drinks meant to be removed from eligibility for purchase through SNAP include regular soda, diet soda and zero sugar/calorie soda.

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A Huntington market is the latest establishment in the Mountain State to launch SNAP Stretch.

Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Colorado, and West Virginia were granted new waivers to restrict the purchase of so-called “junk ...

Delegate Evan Worrell (R)-Cabell County, pushed to expand the funding, and this April, Governor Patrick Morrisey signed ...

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

A federal waiver allowing West Virginia to remove soda as an entitlement under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ...

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

In July, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued guidance to states to move ahead ...

According to the waiver request, there are 146,458 households and 273,981 individual recipients receiving SNAP benefits in West Virginia. Morrisey’s focus on SNAP is part of his “Four Pillars ...