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Minn. Bill Aims To Restrict Use Of Welfare Cards
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers are proposing new restrictions on the use of electronic benefit cards for welfare recipients. The bill from Sen. Doug Magnus and Rep. Kurt Daudt would...
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Minn. Bill Seeks Health Software After Failed Try
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota lawmaker wants to restart the quest for software to streamline applications for health and welfare programs after a failed project that cost at least $41 million. A...
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Minn. Farmers Markets Now Accept Food Stamps
By Lindsey Seavert, WCCO-TV MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Many of Minnesota’s farmers markets expect more customers this year after the USDA approved a program that allows consumers to pay with food stamps....
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Congressman Ellison Talks Food Stamp Challenge
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — It’s a sign of the times. A record 43 million Americans are on food stamps. About 9 percent of Minnesotans — nearly half a million people — depend on food stamps. Food stamp...
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Audit: Wis. Prisoners Got Food Stamps
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds of Wisconsin prisoners, fugitives and parole violators have been illegally collecting food stamp benefits, costing the state hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to...
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GOP Leadership Protects Their Budget While Cutting Ours
On Friday, June 8, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and the Republican caucus perfectly summed up exactly how little regard they have for the American public. They talk...
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Sen. Candidate Says He Regrets ‘Sob Story’ Comment
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde says he regrets comments he made last week in which he said the media should stop writing “sob stories” about food stamp recipients....
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Opinion: Romney’s 47% Don’t Pay Taxes Remark Is 100% Controversy
As the dust settles – as it always does – regarding Mitt Romney’s now-publicly-aired comments which allege that 47% of Americans don’t pay taxes, there are a few inspiring realities that Romney and...
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How Do You Live On Food Stamps?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – It’s hard for many of us to imagine what it’s like to go to bed hungry every night. But for one in 10 people in Minnesota, that’s often is a reality. A half million Minnesotans...
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Minnesota Bracing For Cuts To Food Stamps
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The state is bracing for deep cuts to Minnesota’s food stamp program. Officials expect the state to lose a fourth of its nearly $10 million federal funding this year. Congress...
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Shakopee Man Charged With Defrauding Food Stamp Program Of $29K
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Shakopee man was charged Thursday with one count of food stamp fraud, costing the Supplemental Nutrition and Assistance Program (SNAP) over $29,000. According to the U.S....
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Shakopee Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing Food Stamps
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A 47-year-old Shakopee man pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to using other people’s food stamps. Chin Son Kim pleaded guilty to one count of food stamp fraud. Kim admitted...
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18 Mayors: Limit Use Of Food Stamps To Buy Pop
NEW YORK (AP) — The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis and 14 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter...
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Official Says Pop Targeted Unfairly In Food Stamp Case
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak is among 17 other big city mayors, including those of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, reviving a push prohibiting the use of food stamps to buy pop...
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Good Question: What Can You Buy With Food Stamps?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – In an average month, 514,900 Minnesotans receive SNAP benefits, formerly known as food stamps. The average monthly payment is $117.26 per person. In a visit to Bergan’s SuperValu...
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Thousands Wait For Food Stamps After Outages Gut Refrigerators
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Lots of people are still feeling the pinch of Friday’s storm, which changed the landscape of thousands of dinner tables in the Twin Cities. Xcel Energy’s highest ever power outage...
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Sen. Franken Urges Support For Food Stamp Grocery Delivery
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — U.S. Sen. Al Franken is saying some Minnesotans should be able to buy home-delivered groceries with food stamps. On Tuesday morning, Franken helped make a delivery to Janet...
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Reality Check: The Debate Over Food Stamps
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Republicans in the U.S. House are promising to swiftly bring a food stamp bill up for a vote. That’s after they stripped food stamps from the 5-year farm bill…and then failed to...
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MSP Airport Workers Want Minimum Wage Increase
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Low-wage workers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are calling for an increase in Minnesota’s minimum wage. The workers say they are forced to rely on government...
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Minnesotans Affected By Cuts To Food Stamps
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Starting Friday, thousands of Minnesotans using food stamps will have a lot less money to purchase food as billions of dollars are being cut from the Federal Food Assistance...
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Food Assistance Cut Has Food Shelves Bracing For Impact
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Starting Friday, thousands of Minnesotans using food stamps will have a lot less money to purchase food as billions of dollars are being cut from the Federal Food Assistance...
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Could Farm Bill Lead To Higher Grocery Prices?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The gridlock in Washington D.C. may soon be felt at a grocery store near you. While lawmakers are expected to vote on a budget deal on Thursday, it’s a different bill that could...
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Charges: Group Used Others’ Food Stamps To Buy, Sell Groceries
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) – Three people have been charged with using other people’s food stamps to purchase groceries and ship them to Africa at a profit. According to the criminal complaints, the group...
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Good Question: How Common Is Welfare Fraud?
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A Deephaven couple was in a Florida jail Wednesday night awaiting extradition back to Minnesota. Colin and Andrea Chisholm are accused of bilking the state out of $167,000,...
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Bail Doubled On Couple Facing Welfare Fraud Charges
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minnesota couple facing allegations of stealing public assistance spent their second day in a Hennepin County courtroom Friday. Colin and Andrea Chisholm remain in jail, facing...
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Food Stamp Users Double Over Last 10 Years
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 500,000 Minnesotans rely on food stamps today, which is more than double the number 10 years ago. Michelle Ness is executive director of PRISM, a Golden Valley food...
View ArticleWaite Park Millionaire Goes On Food Stamps To Show Loopholes
ST. PAUL, Minn. (WCCO) — Top Democrats are pushing back against a wealthy Minnesota man who knowingly took food stamps to prove the program has too many loopholes. State House Republicans are advancing...
View ArticleShutdown May Halt SNAP Food Program After February
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The ongoing federal shutdown means there is a threat to the way hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans get their food. The SNAP program, formerly known as the food stamp program just...
View Article‘I Think It’s Pretty Rotten’: Trump Proposal Seeks To Crack Down On Food...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Residents signing up for food stamps in Minnesota are provided a brochure about domestic violence, but it doesn’t matter if they even read the pamphlet. The mere fact it was made...
View Article‘Will Literally Take Food Off The Table’: Thousands Of Minnesotans At Risk Of...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than 400,000 low-income Minnesotans use food stamps, but due to a new rule, many may no longer qualify. President Donald Trump is proposing to limit the Supplemental Nutrition...
View ArticleDHS: About 35K Minnesotans To Lose Food Stamps Under New Trump Administration...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Thousands of Minnesotans could be kicked off food stamps under new Trump administration rules. State officials have until next week to file objections to the plan which will take...
View ArticleGov. Walz Uses Holidays To Call Attention To Food Stamp Cuts
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan are using the holiday season to call attention to a Trump administration plan to cut hundreds of thousands of Americans from...
View ArticleThousands In Minnesota May Lose SNAP Benefits Under Trump Cuts
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Thousands of Minnesotans will likely lose their food stamps under new eligibility cuts. Last month President Trump’s administration announced that benefits under the government’s...
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