Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe's office is requesting to change the state's SNAP program and restrict certain food and beverages. The governor's office says the changes would promote healthier food, but it ...

The state’s request calls for SNAP restrictions and expanded incentives for healthy purchases, but nonprofit and industry ...

The state of Missouri filed a request with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service Monday to refocus ...

Gov. Kehoe’s executive order seeks to ban SNAP purchases of soda and candy, aiming to boost healthy eating and local ...

Kehoe’s SNAP order serves as a cost-cutting measure for the state that stigmatizes the poor and funnels federal dollars ...

Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has issued an executive order requesting that the USDA allow the state to ban the use of SNAP ...

The state of Missouri has submitted a waiver to cut “unhealthy” foods from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the Gov. Mike Kehoe’s Office announced Monday in a press release. Kehoe signed ...

Missouri is seeking federal approval to reshape its nutrition assistance program to emphasize healthy food purchases, Gov.

Missouri has become the latest state to request a waiver that would ban junk food items from being purchased using SNAP ...

Community gardens, educational programs and breastfeeding rooms are all part of Missouri's plan to take advantage of one-time ...

Christine McDonald sits with her 5-year-old son Richard Simons in their one-bedroom apartment in St. Charles on Sunday, March 4, 2012. McDonald, who is blind, is banned for life from being eligible ...

"It was completely sunny at headquarters. I didn't think that anything was it could have even happened," Angie Rodgers said. She's the executive director of the Scott County 911 Emergency Services ...