Abbott wants SNAP to exclude junk food

Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins requesting a waiver from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service to prohibit unhealthy foods from being purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.According the letter, SNAP was created to increase access to nutritious food; however, many SNAP...

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