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California joins lawsuit to stop USDA demand for SNAP user information
California has joined 21 states in a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from forcing states to give information about ...
Kansas Officials Defy Trump Admin Over SNAP Benefit Order
The USDA, which oversees SNAP, first announced a plan to make states share benefit recipient data in a directive issued in ...
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California Leads Lawsuit against Trump Admin’s SNAP Data Demand
California Attorney General Rob Bonta and 21 other attorneys general have filed a lawsuit against the USDA for demanding ...
Fact check: Yes, nearly 25 cents of every dollar spent via SNAP goes back to farmers
Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service tells us how much of every dollar spent on food at ...
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Colorado jumps onto lawsuit against USDA over demand for personal information of SNAP recipients
The federal agency has indicated it would withhold food assistance dollars from states that do not comply with its request ...
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Kansas DCF resists USDA request for release of personal information related to SNAP program participants
Kansas officials are pushing back against federal officials who are demanding the release of personal information for those ...
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Nessel joins New York, California AGs in lawsuit against Trump over SNAP data overreach
The lawsuit alleges that USDA is illegally demanding states turn over personal and sensitive information about millions of ...
Kansas Department for Children and Families denies USDA data request for SNAP applicants, recipients
The USDA previously demanded state agency directors release personal information for SNAP applicants, recipients and members ...
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Oregon, CA, other states sue USDA over efforts to gather food stamp data on tens of millions of people
Twenty-one states are suing after the USDA demanded states turn over sensitive data on food assistance applicants. The ...