According to the Department of Social Services the number of low-income people receiving food assistance in Missouri continues to rise. More than 944,000 people received food stamps this May. That’s more than 35,000 from around this time last year.

Food stamps will be accepted at the Heart of the City Farmers’ Market in the Civic Center.

OKLAHOMA CITY — A growing number of Oklahomans are relying on the government to buy food. The Oklahoma Department of Human Services revealed Tuesday an increasing number of families are receiving what used to be called “food stamps.”

Yolanda Fernandez receives $27 in food stamps each month — hardly enough to buy her basic necessities.

Many Americans have had to tighten their belts in the wake of the recession, but some have done so more painfully than others—especially people who are classified as “food insecure,” or are unable to reliably put healthy food on the table for themselves and their families. You might assume that the majority of this group relies on food stamps, but there you would be wrong—regarding California …

On Friday, in a move that shocked, truly shocked America, President Obama said that food stamps were more important than Defense . Since this sort of prioritization is one of the fundamental differences between the US extreme right (aka Republicans) and the US center-right (also known as the Democrats), the fact that this caused an uproar among Republicans should also stun you. Republicans warn …

MARIETTA, Ga. — Customers at a convenience store in Marietta told Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt that they could buy cigarettes, alcohol and anything else they wanted using food stamps.

Times-Union readers want to know: I received an email with a photo that supposedly shows a receipt with purchases of lobsters and steaks paid for by food stamps. Can this be real?