Food Stamps

Kovac: The costs of functioning government

October 13, 2013

It should go without saying that the government “shutdown” of the past two weeks is not a shutdown in any real sense. Aside from inconvenient furloughs at organizations like the CIA and Department...

IPR researcher knocks GOP on food stamps vote

September 29, 2013

A Northwestern researcher is pushing back against the House of Representatives' vote to cut $40 billion from food stamps — and she says she has the data to prove her point. The House voted Sept. 19 to...

Enrollment in SNAP increases locally, nationwide over the past five years

April 15, 2013

Cook County’s participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as Food Stamps, has increased significantly in the last five years, mirroring a larger increase nationwide. SNAP...

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