{"id":275139,"date":"2025-11-06T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/275139\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T12:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T12:46:13","slug":"should-snap-benefits-include-sugary-soda-and-candy-letters-tampa-bay-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/275139\/","title":{"rendered":"Should SNAP benefits include sugary soda and candy? | Letters &#8211; Tampa Bay Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxOcmlJUXBPSUZNWWpSRUttZk1CNERXcm9YbTBickN5enpQTlAyZG5BcnR2WjJkR2NiTmE2QXdHQVlXVmRtLTE2c21XNjlnODRGSWdnWWc3VzBvMDR0RUFsRGtFUUh4TXhBektXWFFkTWF1WEd0SEQ0QjFDRVF4NXJKOUdpdWxfWEx2SkVzSU5PcjNBVnk5eUgtMl9aQVlqMjU0TlYyNUR4UlcyQWdPblRV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Should SNAP benefits include sugary soda and candy? | Letters<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Tampa Bay Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxPSDEyYWJ0U2tNbllBSXROdUk4dTdSM2lPR3gwcldFNUFucFA2MGlCWjAwZXdZTEJObzA0YXc4VkxDRUhrRzktcEZwangxY2lPODJUd1ZsaE5UWE5jVjdzWGRSXzY1WVZEQXprMFFaMlpJU1hLZm1rdjcxd09mLTV1TE1lUjhMUnl3QjBaX3lZelBBU2M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MS governor seeks permission to waiver banning processed food sales<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WCBI TV<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi8AFBVV95cUxOc0xoMElQZTBubndkSHJRN0FnZ3JiTFhjMGJpM2M1VzU4MW9YYmJMc29mamJnNW5xMUhGV29fNGVvRDdWamxiSUpIWGUwU1IyZTJzQ2tzUGZUWTF6REUxTjFISFBpSDQxN3BDb2dzZElvN2pPbG42SXZGMmwwdGJWdURSYU1XQVR4RGtBVTc4a2hsYjlfYnpvckFVOEVIRWFRNXRIT2Rfb1Y5NE9TdFQwTXBGeWlCaENIclFYb1NmdWwwRFZUSVBwRmh6dG1BMFZnZjA1Ym5oNkFaVjBPLW1LSVhfRUhfTWM3c2pweVp2c0s?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governor Reeves seeks to ban sugary foods and drinks from SNAP purchases, add rotisserie chicken to approved list<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;DeSoto County News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPQ0hBTHM4bGgxNjlKRThBY1FrQWF4REJtdk5uZjBlSzJGME1jY0VlWVVoVTJOaDBiVzhnOHAtUGR4bTJYMkM0WlJDYjJPM0dUN1NEYXpiem5PaXhyWDdXMTc5Rm5MQm9SRnNVZHFzbjhvMGZzd0VKZzJUZ1QzS1ltRk11RFNZMTIyRUxGNGM3YUl6a1RlUkZMUC1XQ3BjTXdWYlMzRFp5bHZWVkZFY2pYZDZtMA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governor Reeves seeks waiver to ban unhealthy food purchases when using SNAP<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Delta Democrat-Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxOeWpSVnJ4bVU4a19xVzUtZVlWVlI4RTNhaVZtX3VpcmtvdTRhYkhyVlZfTV9nRjN3b2R2Y3hRcVRkVnVLeEZySjk5N25JTTZzMFBCTkdJc2d5d1M4bmprOVFHeGstWF9ZV3lJT0ZvZVR1YklHRmRONFdyTm1YUEJoVW9MeklMMXBndnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Governor wants to ban SNAP use for processed, sugary food<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Should SNAP benefits include sugary soda and candy? | Letters&nbsp;&nbsp;Tampa Bay TimesMS governor seeks permission to waiver banning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[97,269,146600,56862],"class_list":["post-275139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-health","tag-nutrition","tag-section-letters-to-the-editor","tag-section-viewpoints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}