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Pa. sues USDA over cutting $1B food aid program for states
The loss to Pennsylvania is $13 million under a three-year contract to purchase produce and other farm products for local ...
Pennsylvania is suing the USDA over cutting funding to a $1 billion food aid program for states
The lawsuit in federal court, announced by Gov. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, comes three months after the USDA advised states ...
Minority farmers disproportionately subsidized by Biden-era USDA loans, data shows
According to a Washington Examiner analysis of U.S. Department of Agriculture data, minority farmers and ranchers across ...
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Gov. Shapiro sues USDA over canceled $13M food purchasing program
Gov. Josh Shapiro filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Department of Agriculture over $13 million in canceled federal ...
USDA charges 6 in $66M food stamps scheme — calling it ‘one of the largest’ such fraud cases in US history
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged six people — including a fraud investigator with the U.S. Department of ...
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Pennsylvania sues the USDA over cutting funding to $1 billion food aid program
The state says the agency under Trump illegally cut off funding to it through a program designed to distribute more than $1 ...
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USDA approves SNAP hot foods waiver for Kentucky households impacted by severe storms
On June 3, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved a temporary waiver that will allow participants in the USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 26 Kentucky counties to buy hot ...
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USDA says demand for sensitive food stamp data from states is on hold
The federal government told states to turn over names, birthdates, Social Security numbers and other sensitive data about ...