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    Mar 22, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  1. 2 NW Ind. stores indicted on food stamp fraud

    HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — The owners of two northwestern Indiana stores have been indicted on charges alleging that they manipulated the federal food stamp program to reap more than $500,000. The federal indictment alleges the two Gary food marts...

    Tags: Cicero

    2. Feb 13, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  2. Bill to drug test Indiana welfare recipients advances

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Some Indiana welfare recipients would face drug testing under a bill approved Wednesday by a state House committee. The proposal would require all applicants for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to complete a...

    Tags: Substance Abuse, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Politics

    3. Jan 5, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  3. UPDATE: Michigan close to restoring food stamps to recipients

    <span style="font-size: small;">LANSING, Mich. (AP) &mdash; The state is close to adding money to all of the debit cards of 85,000 Michigan food assistance recipients and families who temporarily went without the aid this week.</span>
    LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state is close to adding money to all of the debit cards of 85,000 Michigan food assistance recipients and families who temporarily went without the aid this week. Michigan Department of Technology, Management and...

    Tags: Relief and Aid Organizations

    4. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| AP Broadcast

  4. Ind. push for farmers markets to reach food stamp recipients

    <span style="font-size: small;">MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) &mdash; State officials are working to educate the operators of Indiana's farmers markets about how they can boost their business by attracting food stamp recipients.</span>
    MERRILLVILLE, Ind. (AP) — State officials are working to educate the operators of Indiana's farmers markets about how they can boost their business by attracting food stamp recipients. State agencies and nonprofit groups are hosting free...

    Tags: Healthy Diet

    5. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| AP Indiana

  5. New inflation gauge would cut benefits, hike taxes

    <span style="font-size: small;">WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and middle-income families.</span>
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Tweaking the way the government measures inflation sounds like an obscure method to help reduce budget deficits, but over time it would lead to significantly lower Social Security benefits while increasing taxes, mainly on low- and...

    Tags: Government Health Care, Market and Exchange, U.S. Congress, John Boehner, Consumers

    6. Oct 14, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  6. 211 a lifeline for many who need help

    <span style="font-size: small;">SOUTH BEND &ndash; For a lot of people in our community, 3 simple numbers are a lifeline when they need help finding out where to go for food, affordable housing, legal advice, or even help with their taxes.</span>
    WSBT-TV
    SOUTH BEND – For a lot of people in our community, 3 simple numbers are a lifeline when they need help finding out where to go for food, affordable housing, legal advice, or even help with their taxes. You may have heard of 211, but most people...

    Tags: Google Inc.

    7. Oct 12, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  7. Ryan asked for federal help as he championed cuts

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, a fiscal conservative and critic of federal handouts, has sought for his constituents in Wisconsin an expansion of food stamps, stimulus money, federally guaranteed business loans,...

    Tags: Environmental Issues, Technology, Government Health Care, Government, Culture

    8. Oct 3, 2012 |Story| South Bend Tribune

  8. Romney, Obama spar at close quarters in first presidential debate

    <span style="font-size: small;">DENVER -- In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama</span><span style="font-size: small;"> and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first</span><span style="font-size: small;"> campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps</span><span style="font-size: small;"> needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy. "The status</span><span style="font-size: small;"> quo is not going to cut it," declared the challenger.</span>
    Associated Press
    DENVER -- In a showdown at close quarters, President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney sparred aggressively in their first campaign debate Wednesday night over taxes, deficits and strong steps needed to create jobs in a sputtering national economy....

    Tags: Mitt Romney, Government, Government Health Care, Medicare, Nursing Homes

    9. Sep 21, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  9. Autistic man's dad sues agency over food aid cut

    <span style="font-size: small;">INDIANAPOLIS (AP) &mdash; The father of an autistic Indianapolis man is suing Indiana's social services agency for ending a state grocery allowance that helped feed hundreds of developmentally disabled people.</span>
    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The father of an autistic Indianapolis man is suing Indiana's social services agency for ending a state grocery allowance that helped feed hundreds of developmentally disabled people. Indianapolis attorney Steven Dick filed...

    Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Social Services, Autism

    10. Jul 16, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  10. Repealing Obama's health care law won't be easy

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Yes, if Mitt Romney wins the White House and his Republican allies retake the Senate, he could shred most of President Barack Obama's health care law without having to overpower a Democratic filibuster. But it won't be as easy...

    Tags: Government Health Care, Parties and Movements, Washington, DC, Paul Ryan, George W. Bush

    11. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| WSBT-TV

  11. Judge: Indiana can't collect on IBM welfare lawsuit

    INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Wednesday spurned Indiana's efforts to recoup roughly $170 million from IBM Corp. over its failed effort to overhaul the state's welfare system as part of a broader privatization push that was an early hallmark of...

    Tags: Government, Government Health Care, Company Privatization, Mitch Daniels, Career and Workplace

    12. Jul 18, 2012 |Story| AP Broadcast

  12. New welfare restrictions target booze, tattoos

    BOSTON (AP) — Taking aim at what they call an abuse of the taxpayers' money, a growing number of states are blocking welfare recipients from spending their benefits on booze, cigarettes, lottery tickets, casino gambling, tattoos and strippers....

    Tags: Concord (Staten Island, New York), Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Coney Island, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

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