Pitso stamps his authority

Slate Magazine (blog) The Odd Conservative Argument That Food Stamps and Medicaid Saved the Poor From Welfare ReformSlate Magazine (blog)It's a lengthy, careful piece of work, but I doubt it will change many minds on this issue. It also implicitly makes the argument that welfare reform was harmless in part because Medicaid and food stamps…

The owner and former owner of 3 Star Deli Mart in Morrisville face hundreds of criminal charges for trafficking in food stamps, fraud and related offenses. More: continued here

Corpus Christi Caller-Times Texas to allow drug felons to be eligible for food stampsHouston Sun TimesTexas will soon join most of the nation in allowing residents convicted of drug crimes to receive food stamps from the federal government, ending a ban that once covered the entire nation. Texas will be the 44th state to opt…

Food Stamp Applicants Skyrocket in IdahoKIVI-TVIn April, Idaho's Health and Welfare said they issued food stamps to almost 140-thousand people throughout the state. That's an average household received …and more » More: continued here

Price of stamps rise More: continued here

Arkansas Online Over drugs, food stamps, guns in Delta, 47 chargedArkansas OnlineThe other investigation, Operation Plastic Castle, targeted people accused of defrauding the U.S. Department of Agriculture by selling their food stamps benefits — now known as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP– at a Helena …39 charged after drug, corruption probe in Arkansas…