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I-TEAM: Illinois fugitives still get food stamp benefits
WAND Decatur, Ill (WAND) – In the strange world of Illinois law a fugitive can still use food stamps to buy lamb while on the lamb. State Senator Chapin Rose, (R) Mahomet, wants to change Illinois statutes to make sure wanted fugitives don't keep getting … |
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Octogenarian enjoys lifelong stamp hobbyContra Costa TimesBRENTWOOD — Once referred to as the "the hobby of kings and the king of hobbies," stamp collecting might not be as popular as it once was, but it isn't a lost art either. Just ask the U.S. Postal Service, or better yet, 88-year-old Discovery Bay stamp… More: continued…
fox13now.com Food stamps for pets? 100000+ sign online petition seeking it – Fox 13fox13now.comFLINT, Mich. – An online petition asking for government food benefits to be extended to pets is creating quite a bit of buzz. It asks the federal government to allow people receiving food stamps, now called SNAP benefits, to be able to…
DeLauro facing tough fight over food stampsThe Connecticut MirrorBy Ana Radelat Washington — When Jody Rodiger of Manchester volunteered to help Connecticut's needy buy food, she never thought she would one day also depend on food stamps. "I advocated for it for years, I knew the program inside and out. More: continued here
Unemployed and strapped for cash, Floridians are asking for state assistance to feed their families in record numbers. In the last two years, the number of Floridians on food stamps has increased more than 40 percent to 1.7 million. That increase is the highest in the nation, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. And…
Bristol Press Bristol woman fraudulently collected $18K in food stamps: policeBristol PressAccording to the arrest warrant, Mahaffy collected $18,957 from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program —a program formerly known as food stamps that provides money to low-income families —between April 2013 and September 2015. Based on … More: continued here
Newsweek The Trump administration takes its first big step toward stricter work …Washington PostThe Trump administration is taking a step toward tightening work requirements in the food-stamp program, with a focus on high unemployment areas that have been exempted from those rules since the recession. On Friday, the Agriculture Department will …Trump's Food Stamps Cuts…