food stamps

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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...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Because of Hurricane Isaac, people on what used to be the food stamp program may use their cards to buy ready-to-eat hot foods during September. The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services says it got a federal waiver because many people had to evacuate and continuing power outages keep others from cooking...

Prosecutors say the woman and her brothers allowed customers at their convenience stores to buy ineligible items, defrauding the government of more than $2 million.

Congressman Charles Boustany says "enough is enough" with wasteful spending by some welfare recipients.

Welfare extortion could be ended soon.

Newt Gingrich has been calling President Obama a food stamp President.  But is he?  An article from Investors Business Daily makes the case for it.  Still, in an interview with ABC's Diane Sawyer, he claims that George W. Bush was the food stamp President, not him...

The number of people in Louisiana using food stamps is on the rise. The state's Department of Children and Family Services provides detailed breakdowns by parish and region.

Stocks clawed back most of their morning losses, ahead of two major meetings in Europe this week, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 46 points. Mark Lasseigne has your market report in today's Acadiana Business Index.     Standard & Poor's put the European Union's long-term triple-A rating on negative watch.  ... Read More ...

The Senate Health and Welfare Committee is scheduled to hear a bill today that would drug test random welfare recipients.