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Leroy Fick won $2 million in Michgan’s “Make Me Rich” lottery, and bought a home and used car with his winnings. But to buy groceries, this lottery winner is still using his Bridge Card, Michigan’s version of food stamps. Some legislators are upset and aim to rewrite the laws to …

City kindergartner found with 18 heroin stamps at schoolPittsburgh Post GazetteInside, he found more razors and 18 stamp bags of the drug, police spokeswoman Diane Richard said. "The kids are calling it 'the magic ticket,' because it is a white pack with a stamp of a bunny coming out of …

MassLive.com Holyoke convenience store owners plead guilty to food stamp fraudMassLive.comBy Stephanie Barry, The Republican SPRINGFIELD – Two former convenience store owners on Wednesday pleaded guilty in a $1.1 million food stamps scam, admitting they bought a pick-up truck and a Honda with money they pilfered from the taxpayer-funded … …

Owner of St. Paul market indicted on food stamp fraudMinnesota Public RadioA federal grand jury has indicted Khaffak Sahib Ansari with trafficking approximately $3 million in food stamps. Ansari was charged with three counts of food stamp fraud in connection with the crime. Ansari was the owner of a small …

ABC News Lawmakers seek to close loophole giving food stamps to lottery winnersThe Detroit NewsLansing— Angry legislators responded quickly Wednesday to close a loophole allowing some Michigan Lottery jackpot winners to collect food stamps. Leroy Fick, 59, of Bay County, won $2 million last June in the Michigan Lottery's "Make …

Food Stamps Use Increase By 108 PercentPatch.comThe Hartford Courant wrote a story that appeared in their newspaper this morning detailing the explosion of people using food stamps, not in major cities but in the suburbs.Berlin is not immune to that issue as the number of people using food stamps in …

More East Haveners Applying for Food StampsPatch.comThere was an 83 percent increase in the number of East Haven residents who received food stamps from 2007 to 2010, according to data from the state Department of Social Services. By Jason Bagley | Email the author | 3:45pm East Haven food stamp… …

A Michigan Lottery $2 million jackpot winner from last year is eligible and collecting some food stamp assistance under a loophole state officials have been working for months to close. More: continued here

A Michigan Lottery $2 million jackpot winner from last year is eligible and collecting some food stamp assistance under a loophole state officials have been working for months to close. More: continued here

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