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An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Oct. 30, 2025. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Six more states are able to restrict food stamps starting in 2026, federal officials announced on Dec. 10.
Requests to narrow which products can be purchased by residents of Hawaii, Virginia, and four other states have been approved, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.