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Cost-cutting Ill. lawmakers target food stamps

ZACHARY COLMAN Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Cost-cutting legislators want Illinois to join a national push to fight fraud by adding identification photos to Illinois food-stamp cards, an idea that opponents say amplifies a negative stigma about food stamps and targets the poor instead of addressing the real problem. Legislation to study the cost of adding photos triggered harsh words …

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