1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (399+ words) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is cracking down on how welfare recipients can use public assistance benefits, aiming to curb the purchase of “nonessential” items such as vapes, tattoos and spa services. In his Monday announcement, he said Florida will become…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (217+ words) Florida is reforming a welfare program for needy families, banning taxpayer-funded purchases of such leisure activities as gambling, harmful non-essentials like tobacco and tattoos, and immoral activities such as “adult content.” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) announced on August 24 an amendment…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (231+ words) (The Center Square) – A new tool from the Urban Institute shows those who qualify for taxpayer-subsidized programs often not receiving assistance across those major safety net programs. Urban Institute’s State of the Safety Net project allows users to see just…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (118+ words) Banker-turned Ukrainian Armed Forces officer Andrii Onistrat’s call for Ukrainians to stockpile two months-worth of food and other essentials ahead of a possible total loss of electricity and heating capacity is meant as a “signal” to Kiev’s sponsors to pony…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (29+ words) Jury selection for the first major trial against Meta's allegedly addictive social media design has begun — just days after a court cleared the way for similar lawsuits....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (316+ words) In a victory against state paternalism, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has reported a 5.3 million-person drop in SNAP enrollment over the course of the last eight months. In September 2025, which marked the end of fiscal year 2025, more than 42 million Americans received…...

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (441+ words) A county government Social Services worker wanted to get in on the benefits government doles out in New York state. Instead, she got indicted. Amber Tibbetts, 37, of Jamestown, has been accused of issuing SNAP benefits cards to herself by using…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (149+ words) (WJAR) — Rhode Island U.S. Attorney’s Office said a former Rhode Island Department of Human Services supervisor pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). According to federal prosecutors, 59-year-old Nadine Jean Baptiste used her position…...

3+ week, 11+ hour ago   (25+ words) The problem isn't just welfare fraud. It's all the hundreds of billions of dollars in welfare itself, starting with food stamps....

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (361+ words) By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square (Worthy News) – The U.S. Senate has released its version of the five-year farm bill and plans to mark it up in committee Thursday, finally making progress on the critical agricultural policy package. Like…...