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Sep 22 2023
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State receives federal grant to improve food stamp fraud prevention
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has received a federal grant of nearly $750,000 to detect, investigate and prevent the misuse of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. SNAP, commonly known as food stamp benefits, is an assistance program for low-income Michigan residents. MDHHS administers the federal program. The MDHHS Office of Inspector General is the
Oakland Press
Sep 22 2023
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State receives federal grant to improve food stamp fraud prevention
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has received a federal grant of nearly $750,000 to detect, investigate and prevent the misuse of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits. SNAP, commonly known as food stamp benefits, is an assistance program for low-income Michigan residents. MDHHS administers the federal program. The MDHHS Office of Inspector General is the
Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun
Sep 12 2023
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Armed bystander stops attempted robbery at fast-food joint
Police in Georgia say a bystander stepped in and shot a would-be robber at a fast-food restaurant. A 57-year-old man tried to rob the manager of a Zaxby's in Alpharetta, but a man who had just pulled in to order some food also had a gun, police told FOX 5 Atlanta. "I’m glad somebody was there to help the people who could have been a victim," customer Shameerah Bates told the TV station. The
Fox News (Online News)
Sep 25 2023
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Explaining the 'stuffie,' a uniquely Rhode Island food that's trying to attract tourists
Massachusetts is known for its seafood. More specifically, clam chowder, fried clams, and oysters, and the food is just one of the reasons why millions of visitors come to the Bay State every year. But what about the rest of New England? Like, Rhode Island, for example? Also known for its seafood scene, a food that might come to mind is calamari, the state appetizer that’s tossed with hot
Boston.com
Aug 22 2023
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Plastic restrictions in fast food bill passed in Delaware
Bill sponsors say with this legislation it will be safer for Delawarean’s health by removing the consumption of plastic, by prohibiting food businesses from using ready-to-eat containers made of polystyrene- foam containers. 47 ABC spoke with one of the bill sponsors, Representative Paul Baumbach who says it’s so common to see plastics in our day-to-day lives but it’s also easy to find safer
ABC 47 WMDT
Oct 14 2023
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Michigan’s Best Local Eats: Wing Heaven in Grand Rapids features chicken wings, Soul Food Wednesdays
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — The motto at a family owned restaurant on Grand Rapids’ Southeast Side says it all. That’s served Wing Heaven well as it brings in customers with its chicken wings and Soul Food Wednesdays menu. Maraja and Ronald James opened the restaurant in 2018 serving up Black cuisine at 2020 Eastern Ave. SE. A family enterprise, their daughters, Johnae Welch and Jai Mitchell, work as
MLive.com
Sep 20 2023
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Arkansas Rice Federation donates 240,000 pounds of rice to food bank
The Arkansas Rice Federation will donate 240,000 pounds of rice to the Arkansas Food Bank, Jeff Rutledge, a rice farmer from Newport, announced Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference at the Arkansas Food Bank in Little Rock, Rutledge said the donation is equivalent to 1.8 million servings of rice that will help alleviate hunger in the state. Brian Burton, CEO of the Arkansas Food Bank, said
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Sep 09 2023
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Egypt Inflation Soars as Higher Food Costs Add to Currency Angst
Egyptian inflation soared to a fresh record, with consumer costs now increasingly at the mercy of whether authorities will allow the pound to weaken again. Price growth in urban parts of the country accelerated to an annual 37.4% in August from 36.5% the previous month, according to figures released Sunday by the state-run CAPMAS statistics agency. On a monthly basis, inflation was 1.6%,
Bloomberg
Sep 07 2023
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Grizzly bear that killed hiker is euthanized after breaking into home for food
A grizzly bear that killed a woman on a trail near Yellowstone National Park in July and injured someone else in 2020 was euthanized after the bear and her cub broke into a person’s home in search of food, officials said Wednesday. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) said a homeowner in West Yellowstone, Mont., reported Saturday that a 10-year-old female grizzly bear and
Washington Post
Sep 16 2023
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Fast-Food Industry, California Lawmakers Reach Agreement on Wage Increases, Regulations
Advocates for California’s fast-food restaurants have reached an agreement with lawmakers and union leaders to raise the starting wage at the restaurants to $20 per hour and to create a fast-food council that can recommend other industry changes.
While the restaurant advocates acknowledge the concessions will have “economic consequences” for businesses and consumers, they say the
National Review (News)