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8/19/10

Food stamp discount for buying produce

More than two dozen cities and towns in Western Massachusetts will be the focus of a major federal initiative being announced today to increase low-income families’ consumption of fruits and

8/10/10

Senate cutting food stamps to pay for Medicaid and teacher funding

It's the Sophie's choice of budget decisions: Should we cut Medicaid? Fire teachers? Or slash food stamps?

8/4/10

Senate Makes Further Cuts to Food Stamps to Pay for Medicaid, EduJobs

To pay for a much-needed, job-saving and job-creating bill to help ease states’ budget woes, Democrats have made further cuts to food stamps, and for the first time ever, benefit recipients c

5/27/10

Legislation expands pool for food stamp distribution

RALEIGH – Less stringent income rules will soon make it easier for North Carolina residents to get help buying food as new rules for food stamps go into effect on July 1.

5/10/10

Show biz lawyer down to collecting food stamps

Cliff Lovette's days of riding in a limousine to the Grammy Awards or hopping on a private jet with record company executive Ant

5/7/10

Food-stamp tally nears 40 million, sets record

(Reuters) - Nearly 40 million Americans received food stamps -- the latest in an ever-higher string of record enrollment that dates from December 2008 and the U.S.

4/26/10

Food bank workers are helping Texas ease its backlog of food stamp applications

CARROLLTON – Last year, food banks had to step up to help hundreds of families when the recession and a meltdown of Texas' food stamp application process caused them to miss out on months' wo

4/14/10

U.S. To Expand SNAP Nutrition Program For Low Income Seniors

Pilot Program Aims To Increase Access And Participation.

4/8/10

Medicaid, food stamp cases exploding

The number of Georgians receiving Medicaid and food stamps has skyrocketed over the past year, stressing a social service system that is facing budget cuts at a time of increasing need.