Retailers, Researchers Criticize Indiana Plan to Exclude Soda and Candy From SNAP - Indianapolis Business Journal

Trump administration aims to cut “SNAP” programs, affecting millions

Thirty-six million Americans depend on food stamps under the government’s “Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” known as “SNAP.” But this week, the Trump administration moved to cut some of them off. The changes would cause an estimated 3.7 million Americans to lose their benefits. A multi-state lawsuit could be in the works by state attorneys general.

Retailers, researchers criticize Indiana plan to exclude soda and candy from SNAP - Indianapolis Business Journal

Gov. Mike Braun and Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith are fans of the new exclusions—and so is U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.