food stamps

Governor Edwards tells food stamp recipients if you want our help, you've got to do your part. This new order is expected to impact 47-thousand Louisiana residents.

A house committee passes legislation that closes a Louisiana loophole that allows people to collect food stamp benefits without working 20 hours per week or performing 20 hours of community service per week.

The plaintiffs are seeking to stop the new requirements and are asking to get the case certified as a class-action lawsuit.

The New Orleans City Council president is going to go without food Thursday to protest a Jindal administration decision to cut off food stamps for tens of thousands of people.

According to a DCFS statement, no longer can able-bodied adults without dependents receive SNAP benefits if they are not employed or not seeking employment.

Our panelists discuss the state of immigration in American as well as fraud in the free lunch program.

Retailers and EBT cardholders face penalties if they violate the law.

I certainly hope someone in the State Legislature will wake up.

Because news doesn't stop for Mardi Gras.

The abuse according to the Legislative Auditor is pretty extensive.

Our panelists discuss abuse of food stamps in Louisiana as well as Governor Bobby Jindal's recent criticisms of President Obama.

The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services has sifted through more than 12,000 transactions that were made on the day the electronic food stamps program went down, resulting in several cases of recipients intentionally overspending on their cards by as much as $2,000.

The Food Stamp Fraud Prevention and Accountability Act would, in theory, prevent the type of fraud that occurred when the program's Electronic Benefits Transfer system went down last year.

U.S. Sen. David Vitter says state leaders haven't done enough to aggressively pursue food stamp recipients who overspent their balance when the electronic food stamp service was down last month.

Most of the nearly 388,000 households in Louisiana that receive food stamps will be hit with a drop in their aid Friday, when a temporary boost in the federal benefits disappears.

Some 47 million Americans — many of them children — receive food stamps.

House Republican leaders were still working for support as they scheduled a vote on the measure for Thursday.

Our farmers need certainty to plan crop planting, loans and insurance.

Food stamps were meant to be a help...not a lifestyle choice.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Department of Agriculture data show that Louisiana had a big increase in food stamp use even before Hurricane Isaac and approval of emergency food stamps. The Times-Picayune reports that Louisiana tied North Carolina for the nation's biggest increase in food stamp use between May and June, at 1...