Tag: SNAP
Angie Craig clashes with Trump administration over fraud in SNAP program
Minnesota Congresswoman Angie Craig and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins got into a heated exchange last week at a congressional hearing that discussed fraud...
Rob Undersander: I received food stamps as a millionaire—legally! Here’s what...
Minnesota’s fraud problem is newsy, but it isn’t new.
For the greater part of a decade, I have been one of the many Minnesotans sounding...
Abdidwahid Mohamed, owner of ‘Minnesota Food Grocery,’ charged in $1.1 million...
The owner of a Minneapolis-based grocery story was charged last week in connection to a $1.1 million scheme to defraud the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
USDA disqualifies 1,562 retailers, prevents $835 million in fraudulent SNAP transactions
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service has disqualified 1,562 retailers associated with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and disabled 760...
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...