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New food stamp bill focuses on welfare card photo, prohibited locations
The Arizona House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that would add a photo to welfare benefit cards after the sponsor promised to get rid of provisions that would drop as many as 120,000 from federal benefit programs.
Lawmaker wants to ban EBT fast food purchases
Calling it bad use of public funds, a Mesa lawmaker wants to bar people from using their public benefits cards on fast food.
Too edgy: Huppenthal says he’s written his last secret blog comment
Some people collect antique cars. Others go fishing. Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal leaves posts anonymously about Adolf Hitler on political blogs.
Cuts to food stamp benefits hit more than 1 million Arizonans Friday
More than 1.1 million Arizonans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – better known as food stamps – will see their benefits reduced Friday in a long-planned national cut.
Farm bill expired Monday, farmers hope for long-term replacement
The budget was not the only significant legislation that died Monday between a deadlocked House and Senate – the farm bill also expired at midnight, leaving farm programs, crop supports and food stamps up in the air.
Farm bill squeaks through House; almost entire Arizona delegation opposed
The House barely passed a farm bill Thursday afternoon, with only one member of the Arizona delegation supporting the measure after House leaders stripped the food stamp program out of it.
Phoenix mayor to spend night in homeless shelter
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton will get a firsthand look at what it's like for some of the city's homeless veterans.
Arizona food-stamp rolls rise, continue to cling to near-record highs
Arizona added 17,000 people to its food stamp rolls in October, as near-record-high levels of assistance continued to stubbornly hang on after 18 months.
The 4 big worries facing the U.S. economy
We’re in the midst of one of the most critical presidential and congressional elections in recent history — certainly the most important since 1980. Of course, we have heard and... […]
AZ food stamp use surpasses one million
More than 1 million Arizona residents received food stamps last year, placing the state in the top 25 percent of states for food stamp use.
