THUNE: Time to reform the broken food stamp program
January 24, 2013 in The Daily Republic
The enrollment of such a large number of Americans in the food stamp program has come at an extremely high cost to taxpayers. Continue Reading
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SD recognized for quality food assistance program
August 28, 2012 in The Daily Republic
PIERRE (AP) The South Dakota Department of Social Services is receiving an extra $650,000 in federal funding because it has a high accuracy rate in managing the nation’s main nutrition program for low-income people.
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Franson repeats food stamp joke that drew fire
July 24, 2012 in Alexandria Echo Press
Death threats, demands to resign and other attacks have only made state Representative Mary Franson more determined to stay in office, she says. Continue Reading
House committee unveils farm bill plan with steep food stamp cuts
July 6, 2012 in The Daily Republic
WASHINGTON A House Agriculture Committee plan to push cuts in farm spending beyond levels the Senate approved relies mostly on reductions in food stamps, alarming nutrition activists. Continue Reading
Grand Forks food distributor says USDA is not playing fair
January 21, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Lakeland Fine Foods has filed a complaint in federal court against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, in a dispute over a food stamp program. Lakeland says the USDA has wrongly accused the company of improperly using benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. Continue Reading
Food stamp users tell critics: Walk in our shoes
January 19, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Some have advanced degrees and remember middle-class lives. Some work selling lingerie or building websites. They are white, black and Hispanic, young and old, homeowners and homeless. What they have in common: They’re all on food stamps. Continue Reading
ND food stamp usage down
January 4, 2012 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK (AP) The number of North Dakotans using food stamps to buy groceries dropped 2 percent in the last month of fiscal 2011, while the state’s population swelled to an all-time high spurred by a hardy economy.
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N.D. one of three states where food stamp used dropped in 2011
January 4, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
The number of North Dakotans using food stamps to buy groceries dropped 2 percent in the last month of fiscal 2011 as the state’s population swelled to an all-time high spurred by a hardy economy. Besides North Dakota, Illinois and Wyoming also showed a drop in food stamp usage. Seventeen states showed increases of 10 percent or more. Continue Reading
Record number of North Dakotans using food stamps
February 11, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
A record number of North Dakotans are using food stamps to buy groceries, coinciding with the state’s population growth but contrary to its robust economy, the director of the state Data Center says. Continue Reading
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