Tag: SNAP
SNAP loophole exposed by Minnesota millionaire draws federal scrutiny
(The Daily Signal) -- For the first time in more than a year, participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has dipped below 40...
White House anti-fraud task force highlights Minnesota in first meeting
(The Center Square) – Vice President JD Vance held the first meeting of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud on Friday. Leaders...
Democrats block legislation that would keep SNAP benefits from being used...
Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives blocked legislation that would ban people from using the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy candy...
An incredible share of migrant households use welfare, study finds
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- Nearly half of households in the United States headed by a non-citizen benefit from some form of traditional government...
GOP lawmakers unveil new legislation to bring down SNAP error rate
The 2026 legislative session is moving quickly as state lawmakers begin talking about the many policy issues that are before them this year. Among...
New Hope woman sentenced in $325K SNAP assistance fraud scheme
A New Hope, Minn., woman was sentenced last week to a year in federal prison and ordered to pay over $325,000 in restitution for...
USDA becomes latest federal agency to suspend financial assistance for Minnesota...
(Just The News) — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Friday that her department is suspending all federal funding for Minnesota over the fraud scandal...
EXCLUSIVE: Finstad introduces bill to help prevent SNAP fraud in Minnesota
Congressman Brad Finstad, R-Minn., is taking action to bring transparency to Minnesota’s administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Finstad, chairman of the House...
USDA secretary threatens funding cuts to Democrat-leaning states over SNAP noncompliance
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Tuesday warned that some Democratic-leaning states may see funding halted if they do not share their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
Small-town grocer calls out local media for twisting his words on...
Jordan Kuck wanted to set the record straight.
After a Minneapolis TV station rolled into his family’s small-town grocery store during the November SNAP benefits...