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SPD officer asked to buy food stamps on Facebook
Shreveport Times A Shreveport police officer apparently sought to illegally purchase food stamps and crowdsourced his Facebook page to find a seller. Officer Torian Wesley, who joined SPD on Feb. 28, wrote earlier this month to his Facebook followers, “can somebody … |
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Palm Beach Post Older and hungry: Seniors using food stamps up 27 percent in countyPalm Beach PostThe number of Palm Beach County seniors using SNAP benefits – once known as food stamps– has risen by 27 percent since 2013 to a total of more than 27,000, state figures show. SNAP benefits — which provide about…
Chronicle-Telegram Job market stalling, but work requirement for food stamps still loomsThe Newark Advocate30), we hit an all-time high of people served through food pantries of 2,471,840, about 57 percent of them are on food stamps,” said Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Food Banks. “Those people are going to go to…
Lexington Herald Leader Food stamp users aren't villainsBaltimore SunIn all levels of all programs and institutions, public or private, big or small, government or corporate, there is some degree of fraud or mismanagement ("Food stamp fraud is real and must be stopped," Nov. 6). There is no way to have a program like …Food stamp…
High Taxes Lead To Bootlegging: 15 Percent Of Cigarettes Sold In NYC Have …Science 2.0Licensed tobacco retailers throughout New York City are selling a substantial number of cigarette packs carrying either counterfeit or out-of-state tax stamps, finds an investigation by NYU public health researchers. These illegal cigarette sales are … More: continued here
CBC.ca Stampeders' Jon Cornish bummed out about BC beatdownsVancouver SunIt was a Stamps' home game, so Cornish didn't expose his inner thoughts to the fans that day — or his lower 40, as he did at Mosaic Stadium two weeks ago during a 30-25 loss to the Roughriders – but he's had a little time…
HNN Huntingtonnews.net 4 Huntington residents accused of illegally redeeming food stamps | The RepublicThe RepublicFour Huntington residents face charges in an illegal scheme to cash in federal food stamps. US Attorney Booth Goodwin says two indictments allege the defendants reaped large profits by paying as little as 50 cents on the dollar to holders of…