Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said during a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) event Thursday that the Trump administration will eliminate junk food from food stamp programs.

Once the ban on candy and soda purchases with SNAP benefits goes into effect, not all candy will be banned. That's because of Indiana's tax code. Braun cited specific Indiana code to define the soft ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds received USDA approval for her waiver to prohibit the purchase of certain grocery items using SNAP ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa Capitol Bureau) - New restrictions on what SNAP recipients will be able to purchase with their benefits next year is causing some confusion. Thursday, the USDA ...

President Trump has given our nation a once-in-a-generation opportunity to change the health trajectory for our entire country," said Secretary Rollins. "On my first day as Secretary, I sent a call to ...

It's also graduation season across the state where many Iowans are collecting their high school and college diplomas. Among them is 107-year-old WWII veteran Orville Von Ehwegen.

The House of Representatives cast votes Wednesday in support of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” narrowly passing the bill onto the Senate.

Gov. Mike Braun has received federal approval to block Indiana food assistance recipients from using SNAP to purchase soft drinks and candy beginning Jan. 1, 2026.

Iowa Rep. Zach Nunn says lawmakers are delivering on a promise made to Americans. President Donald Trump's "big beautiful bill" passed through the House by one vote. Now, local lawmakers are weighing ...

Privacy and hunger relief groups and a handful of people receiving food assistance benefits are suing the federal government ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins signed waivers (May 23, 2025) to amend the statutory definition of food for ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — President Donald Trump green-lit disaster relief for eight states on Friday, assistance that some of ...