Utah sees slow decline in food-stamp recipients

As Utah's economy improves and more people find jobs, the number of residents receiving food stamps has declined — just not very fast.

In the aftermath of the Great Recession, it may take most of the next decade for the state to revert to the levels seen before the collapse. As it stands, 234,500 residents still receive federal support to buy food (it was 130,000 back in 2007) and the percentage of children in the program has jumped from 48.6 percent in 2007 to 53.4 percent in January, indicating that...