Arkansas defies court ruling with new SNAP ban on candy and soda starting this week
- Arkansas is set to implement a ban on using government food aid for candy and soda purchases starting Wednesday, despite a federal judge’s recent ruling that similar restrictions in other states violated federal law.
- Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the plan on Monday, citing an urgent need to combat America’s "chronic disease epidemic," which includes high rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
- Sanders highlighted a perceived contradiction within state operations, stating, "on one floor of the state’s Department of Human Services, our state has been approving food stamp purcha
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- Arkansas is set to implement a ban on using government food aid for candy and soda purchases starting Wednesday, despite a federal judge’s recent ruling that similar restrictions in other states violated federal law.
- Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced the plan on Monday, citing an urgent need to combat America’s "chronic disease epidemic," which includes high rates of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.
- Sanders highlighted a perceived contradiction within state operations, stating, "on one floor of the state’s Department of Human Services, our state has been approving food stamp purcha
Sources: The Independent