by Kaitlin Housler | Dec 10, 2025 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved Tennessee’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food-choice waivers, seeking to ban recipients of the program from purchasing processed food and carbonated sweetened beverages, and allow the benefits to...
by Kaitlin Housler | Jun 14, 2024 | News, Policy, Tennessee, The South
U.S. Representative Andy Ogles (R-TN-05) signed a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), opposing the agencies’ recently adopted mandates for new home construction. On May 28, the HUD and...