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A bill under consideration in the North Carolina Senate would ban work requirement exemptions for able-bodied adults without children who are receiving food stamps.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 1:41 am
By: Carolina Journal
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With inflation sky high in 2022, many soldiers in the U.S. Army are experiencing the same food insecurity that civilians are.
Published: Friday, October 7th, 2022 @ 5:03 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the U.S. Army’s recommendation that soldiers consider applying for food stamps to help them fight inflation.
Published: Friday, September 23rd, 2022 @ 8:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
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There Is No Need To Appreciate And Then Appreciate Again
Published: Saturday, December 8th, 2018 @ 7:49 am
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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Starting Thursday, residents of Chatham, Durham and Guilford counties impacted by Hurricane Florence will be able to apply for help buying food through the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or "D-SNAP."
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 2:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Should those receiving public benefits be required to do anything in return? It's not a new question, but one that is resurfacing today
Published: Saturday, February 3rd, 2018 @ 5:58 pm
By: Tom Campbell
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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a Disaster Food and Nutrition Services (DFNS) Program for Beaufort County, North Carolina
Published: Monday, October 24th, 2016 @ 10:06 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Food and Nutrition Services beneficiaries in eastern North Carolina who lost food because of Hurricane Matthew are asked to contact the Electronic Benefits Transfer Call Center to request replacement benefits
Published: Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 @ 2:09 am
By: Christopher Maye
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture approved North Carolina's request for a hot food waiver in all 100 counties, allowing Food and Nutrition Services (food stamps) recipients to purchase hot food prepared for immediate consumption from authorized Electronic Benefits Transfer retailers
Published: Monday, October 17th, 2016 @ 7:40 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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Reversing eight years of state policy, the McCrory administration is restoring requirements that able-bodied adults without dependent children must work to continue receiving food stamps in North Carolina.
Published: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015 @ 9:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Beating the system is a great American pass time for both rich and poor.
Published: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015 @ 5:51 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan economist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wrote a piece for The New York Times a couple of weeks ago that was partly a response to a previous piece I wrote for The Wall Street Journal about North Carolina’s recent drop in unemployment.
Published: Thursday, August 14th, 2014 @ 9:18 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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It's interesting. As we watch the Obamacare implementation fiasco play out, the ineptitude of the people who specified, designed and built the site is simply amazing.
Published: Monday, February 24th, 2014 @ 4:37 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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Today's updated numbers show that North Carolina continues to make significant progress toward meeting federal requirements for processing FNS (food stamp) applications and recertifications.
Published: Tuesday, February 11th, 2014 @ 5:56 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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State and county workers across North Carolina have reduced the backlog of FNS cases (food stamps) by just over 72 percent in the last 10 days, ensuring benefits for thousands of families.
Published: Tuesday, February 4th, 2014 @ 12:44 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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It is clearly time to increase the minimum wage. How can anyone be expected to live on the paltry minimum currently in force.. They really can't.
Published: Tuesday, January 14th, 2014 @ 4:49 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Mitt Romney was absolutely right when he noted in a fundraiser that 47% of the people would never vote for him. These are the entitled who never heard what JFK asked Americans to do but care only about what the government can do for them.
Published: Wednesday, March 27th, 2013 @ 10:58 am
By: Alicia Colon
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As we approach election day in any presidential election we always debate several hot issues.
Published: Saturday, September 22nd, 2012 @ 12:47 pm
By: Hood Richardson
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We are being told that some very large percentage (well over half) of the American population is partaking of (and presumably enjoying) the largess of government entitlement spending.
Published: Sunday, August 12th, 2012 @ 4:06 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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