U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced new rules Wednesday to tighten access to food stamps, a move he said would help lift people out of poverty while safety-net advocates warned the ...
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Agriculture Department unveiled new rules on Tuesday that would force retailers who accept food stamps to stock a wider variety of healthy foods or face the loss of business as ...
Several states will begin restricting the types of food and drink that can be purchased with Supplemental Nutrition ...
Nothing has changed the pace of modern shopping quite like the infamous self-checkout lane. One routine errand to a gas station quickly turned into a recipe for frustration when a power-tripping ...
Life is getting even tougher for poor people in America. As poverty rates soar — due in part to policies such as cutting pandemic aid for poor and working-class people — new rules that kicked in ...
In this Jan. 29, 2020, photo, trainee Anthony Redmond works at Inspiration Kitchens in Chicago. Redmond, 44, started receiving food stamps when he was released from prison last summer. With the help, ...
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The Trump administration on Wednesday announced changes to the federal food stamp program that will make it harder for states to exempt adults from the program’s work requirements, a move it expects ...