States ease access to welfare and food stamps for convicted drug felons – PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour States ease access to welfare and food stamps for convicted drug felonsPBS NewsHourATLANTA — Twenty years after a federal law blocked people with felony drug convictions from receiving welfare or food stamps, more states are loosening those restrictions — or waiving them entirely. In April, Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, signed a …and more »…