This is not supposed to be a year for food stamp politics. As part of the farm bill, an omnibus measure that Congress (theoretically) reauthorizes every five years, the latest battle of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program appeared to have been settled last year, when the farm bill passed with $8.7 billion in cuts to food stamps—far less than the $39 billion proposed by the House …
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Judge To Maryland: Send Food Stamps FasterWBAL Radio… Thursday ordered the Department of Human Resources to comply by next year with a law requiring food stamp benefits to be sent within 30 days of request. …and more » More: continued here
Scranton Times-Tribune Food stamp use soaringScranton Times-TribunenELSON (sTAFF wRITER) Linda morgan / staff photographer Food stamp recipients can buy groceries at authorized stores, but the benefits cannot be used for …and more » More: continued here
MONTREAL – Was it simply a one-game aberration, or is it a sign of things to come? Nobody expected the Montreal Alouettes to continue averaging 35 points offensively per game. Nobody expected them to continue cutting a swath through CFL defences with relative ease. More: continued here
The Calgary Stampeders have locked up their top receiver for the long term. More: continued here
Media Matters for America (blog) Fox News' Andrea Tantaros: I Should Live Off Food Stamps As A Dieting …Huffington PostFox News' Andrea Tantaros, who co-hosts "The Five," likened food stamps to a dieting technique during her appearance on Fox Business. When host Stuart Varney asked her if she coud live off $133 to spend on…
The Food Stamp Diet: Increasingly Popular, But How Healthy?Politics Daily (blog)As this holiday weekend wrapped up, The New York Times posted an update on the rising number of Americans dependent on food stamps. According to the Times, …Food stamp applications up in countyCharlottesville Daily Progressall 2 news articles » More: continued here