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WPTV Ashley McGinley: Woman accused of trying to sell $100 in food stamps for $50 …WPTVThe Hernando County Sheriff's Office received a complaint regarding a female selling food stamps on Facebook on Aug. 7. The complaint contained photographs of Facebook posts showing a subject named Ashley McGinley, advertising that she …

Proposed legislation would limit food-stamp purchases to items that qualify under a separate program aimed at getting children's lives off to a healthy start. That takes a good thought too far. More: continued here

Police: Raleigh tattoo parlor accepted food stamps as paymentWNCNThe informant twice sold Tittle food stamps. During two other meetings, the informant received $600 worth of tattoo work in exchange for EBT card benefits. Raleigh police seized evidence while executing a search warrant Thursday. A search warrant shows … More: continued here

New stamps feature jerseys – then and now – of Canada's NHL teams TORONTO, Sept. 13, 2013 /CNW/ -This week, as National Hockey League (NHL) teams® opened their training camps in preparation for another … More: continued here

PolicyMic How to Reform Food StampsHeritage.orgFor decades, farm bills have combined agriculture policy with the food stamps program. These farm bills would have been better deemed “food stamp bills,” as food stamps account for about 80 percent of farm bill costs. In July, the House passed an …Food-Stamp Dilemma: Eating on …

Interactive maps show links among poverty, unemployment and food stamps in …OregonLive.comStruggling rural counties with high unemployment and poverty rates also rely the most on food stamps, state figures show. More than one in five Oregonians receive public food aid, but that figure jumps to one in three residents in …

750 KXL Shamed in Edina for using food stampsMinneapolis Star TribuneI did not observe you, but my daughter was with me packing the groceries and saw it all: “EBT: Yeah, right,” you muttered, with that look of disgust that would have shattered someone feeling just a little bit of shame …

Food Insecurity Grows As House Weighs Food Stamp Cuts: GallupHuffington PostA growing percentage of Americans are struggling to put food on the table, but that's not stopping the House of Representatives from considering drastic cuts to the nation's food stamp program. According to a new Gallup survey, 20 percent of …

Coal mining stamps have arrivedThe Harlan Daily EnterpriseYears ago, my students tried to help with the campaign to get a “coal mining stamp.” I don't remember who started it, but Wallins' students gathered hundreds of signatures on petitions which I submitted. We were informed there was not enough national …and more » …

Hernando County deputies say a woman tried selling $100 worth of food stamps for $50 on Facebook. More: continued here