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

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

People in the Mountain State will no longer be able to buy soda with SNAP starting January 2026. According to a press release ...

The West Virginia Department of Human Services will seek public input next year on its move to ban the purchase of soft ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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