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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Oklahoma congressman proposes $20 billion spending cut over 10 years in nation's food stamps program

Thursday, March 14, 2013  The U.S. Air Force has joined other military branches in suspending tuition assistance that thousands of active-duty airmen rely on to pay for college classes.

Saturday, January 05, 2013  The Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget announced Saturday that food assistance benefits have been restored.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A sperm donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to pay child support for a child conceived through artificial insemination by a lesbian couple.

Monday, December 24, 2012  A special squad is targeting food stamp fraud in a southwest Ohio county, and authorities say it's already headed off nearly $200,000 in what would have been spending on things other than food aid.

Sunday, October 21, 2012  Jim and Mara Oess were a few short years from retirement, when Alzheimer’s suddenly changed their lives.

Monday, October 01, 2012  A Findlay family that lost their home to fire, early Monday, now has a place to stay thanks to the American Red Cross of Hancock County.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  A farmers' market that is a part of the Food Assistance Program.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  85 of the state's 88 counties have been granted a natural disaster designation because of the drought.  15 Northwest Ohio counties are among them.

Wednesday, September 05, 2012  Ohio farmers struggling with severe weather crop losses can now get a financial boost in 85 counties designated as "disaster areas" by the government.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  According to a new chart about to be released later today by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee over 100 million people in U.S. are now receiving some sort of Federal Welfare.

Thursday, July 05, 2012  House Agriculture Committee unveils its farm bill, calls for bigger cuts to food stamp program

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  According to a recent Wall Street Journal article, "49.1% of the population that lives in a household where at least one member received some type of government benefit in the first quarter of 2011."

Monday, May 21, 2012  A Tennessee father of 30 is asking the state court to cut him a break on his child support payments.

Friday, March 30, 2012  Michigan lawmakers have completed a plan aimed at ensuring big lottery winners can't continue to get public support such as food stamps.