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This was Brainerd - Sept. 12

...Jake's Price Fighter Foods ? Brainerd.30 years ago (1982)A Nisswa grocery store has been disqualified from the Federal Food Stamp Program for six months because they accepted food stamps for ineligible items. Evidence showed such items...

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Pentagon offers plan to move troops off food stamps

...the Pentagon Friday proposed a $31 million-a-year plan to reduce the number of U.S. troops eligible for federal food stamps. Defense officials asked Congress to approve a "subsistence plan" that would give lower-paid enlisted troops...

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Lawsuit questions state cuts to welfare funding

...which combines food and cash payments into one program. The state has received federal government waivers from the federal Food Stamp Act to operate MFIP. The lawsuit alleges that changes in the state program enacted this year are illegal because...

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Judge revokes order that blocked welfare cuts

...before implementing the change. The Agriculture Department said in its letter that the changes are in line with federal food-stamp guidelines. Tilsen's decision also frees the state to go forward with other welfare changes. Beginning in September...

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State again gets dessert with federal food stamp money

...Ventura, the bonus money was used in part to pay for food benefits for legal non-citizens who are not eligible for federal food stamps. Goodno said the state still hopes to seek federal permission to implement a so-called junk food ban as part...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/091303/sne_0913030015.html
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...less. This puts many women below the federal poverty line, and in fact, over half of all employees could qualify federal food stamps. The average employees make only $18,000 a year and just two out of five employees can afford the health insurance...

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