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Cigarettes, Beer, and Cash for Food Stamps Scam Costs Taxpayers Over $780000Reason (blog)Credit: complexify. / Foter / CC BY-NC-SAFollowing a series of undercover sting operations by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a federal grand jury indicted three men accused of spending a decade defrauding the food stamp program for hundreds … More: continued here

Costco reverses course, will accept food stampsDaily PressSEATTLE Costco Wholesale plans to accept food stamps at its warehouse stores nationwide, a major shift for a company that earlier this year said it doubted …and more » More: continued here

KRQE News 13 State to renew work plan for food stampsKRQE News 13Susana Martinez's administration says it plans to redo a plan for imposing work requirements on low-income New Mexicans to qualify for food stamps. Human Services spokesman Matt Kennicott said Wednesday the state won't proceed with regulations it had …New Mexico to renew work plan…

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle NY expands access to food stampsRochester Democrat and ChronicleThousands more low-income working New Yorkers will be able to use food stamps to buy groceries under new eligibility rules announced Thursday in Rochester. State officials and anti-hunger advocates joined Mayor Lovely Warren at the baking-hot …and more » More: continued here

State lawmakers discuss changes to food stampsChannel3000.com – WISC-TV3MADISON, Wis. – State lawmakers are discussing legislation that would change the food stamp program in Wisconsin. Under a bill proposed last month, food stamp recipients would be required to include a photo of themselves on the card used to obtain food … More: continued here

Eight arrested for food stamp fraudWBXHEight people from Livingston Parish have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a food stamps program. The Department of Children and Family Services says those arrested failed to report spouses and other household members and …and more » More: continued here