Alabama Limits SNAP Purchases, Bans Energy Drinks

0:00Alabama's legislative session just wrapped up after months of grinding debates and votes. In the final rush, they passed Senate Bill 57, putting new limits on what folks can buy with SNAP benefits. It targets junk like candy and regular soda, forcing the Department of Human Resources to appeal to the feds every year just to keep those off the list. Energy drinks got yanked from the bill at the last second to seal the deal and get it through today. Governor Kay Ivey now oversees rolling it out, including staffing up to make it work. Meanwhile, the push for close primaries got shelved, leaving that fight for another round as the session shuts down. I'm Cory with the story, that's your Birmingham News today update, AI powered and always on.