COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is moving forward with a ban on carbonated, sugary drinks from food assistance programs.

Groceries add up.

"I remember being the kid in elementary school who had lunches that were a bit hodgepodge, or didn't have the same types of meals that other people did," Ohioan Lis Regula said.

This is why Regula said he was grateful to get some help from the government when he was growing up.

"It is still a crucial gap-fill for [people] to be able to meet their family's nutritional needs," he said.

He was one of the around 1.5 million Ohioans using food stamps, or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to help buy groceries.

But DeWine’s SNAP working group wants to make some restrictions. The state-led coalition of health and business leaders j

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