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News for Columbia
Latest news from around Columbia, South Carolina, the Nation and the World
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Tuesday, May 07, 2013
Oklahoma congressman proposes $20 billion spending cut over 10 years in nation's food stamps program
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Thursday, February 07, 2013
State public health chief Catherine Templeton says further restrictions on food stamp purchases might be a way to cut down on the state's obesity problem.
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Thursday, July 05, 2012
House Agriculture Committee unveils its farm bill, calls for bigger cuts to food stamp program
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Friday, January 20, 2012
As the food stamp program has become an issue in the Republican presidential primary, with candidates seeking to tie President Barack Obama to the program's record numbers, The Associated Press interviewed recipients across the country and found many who wished that critics would spend some time in their shoes.
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Friday, August 05, 2011
In May a record 45.7 million people used the government's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), often called food stamps. That represents 12% increase from a year ago.
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