Tag: Food Stamps

Unprecedented numbers of people have enrolled in the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program since President Obama took office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Push on for EBT use at Maine farmer’s markets

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

Bob Mack, right, with the South Dakota Stockgrowers Association talks about the pending farm bill in Congress on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, during a news conference in Sioux Falls, S.D. Joining Mack are Doug Sombke, left, with the South Dakota Farmers Union and U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D. (AP Photo/Carson Walker)

South Dakota waiting on word about farm bill

Washington Examiner · January 22, 2014 5:00 am

In this July 30, 2012, file photo, a farm hand stands by the harvested potato crop at King's Hill Farm at Mineral Point, Wis. Nutritionists say Americans don't need more white potatoes. But Congress has repeatedly disagreed. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong, File)

Congress wants more potatoes in government program

Washington Examiner · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Marijuana matures in ideal conditions at the Medicine Man dispensary and grow operation in northeast Denver. (AP/Ed Andrieski)

Pot debates continue even where it’s legal

Kristen Wyatt · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Most Americans want tougher food stamp requirements

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

The bizarre life and times of the original ‘welfare queen’

The bizarre life and times of the original ‘welfare queen’

Washington Examiner · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

Advocates call on Ohio governor to waive food stamp work requirement

Advocates call on Ohio governor to waive food stamp work requirement

Washington Examiner · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Anti-hunger activists have launched a statewide campaign urging Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., to vote against any farm bill that includes cuts in food stamp funding. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner file)

Hunger groups ask Chuck Schumer to block food stamp cuts

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

Waiting for the 8th: Making ends meet after food stamp cuts

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

People putting food in a donation box

Virginia food banks gearing up for rising demand

Washington Examiner · December 16, 2013 5:00 am

House passes one-month farm bill extension, though measure uncertain in Senate

House passes one-month farm bill extension, though measure uncertain in Senate

Sean Lengell · December 12, 2013 5:00 am

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 30: Mitch McConnell speaks during the Congressional dedication of the bust of Winston Churchill on October 30, 2013 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)

Mitch McConnell: ‘The farm bill has become a food stamp bill’

Washington Examiner · December 9, 2013 5:00 am