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Workers At 5 Brockton Stores Face Food Stamp Fraud Charges

Eight employees at five Brockton stores have been charged with improper use of electronic food stamp cards.

2012/11/09

Mitt Romney (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/GettyImages)

Opinion: Romney’s 47% Don’t Pay Taxes Remark Is 100% Controversy

Romney thought he was talking amongst his teammates in the locker room last May 17 only to find out that there was somebody on the other team hiding behind the lockers. Had he known a member of the other team was lurking back there, he would have chosen his words more carefully and had presented more carefully-chosen data than the data of which he swiftly generalized.

2012/09/19

Food Stamp Usage Soars In Mass.

The number of people on food stamps in Massachusetts has increased by 86.4 percent since the beginning of the recession, according to a new report.

2012/09/06

When Are You Legally Obligated To Give Someone Your Social Security Number?

Must I provide a Social Security number to any business or government agency that asks?

WBZ NewsRadio 1030–2012/08/16

GOP Leadership Protects Their Budget While Cutting Ours

On Friday, June 8, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and the Republican caucus perfectly summed up exactly how little regard they have for the American public. They talk about budget cuts. […]

2012/06/13

Boston police in one of the Chinatown stores targeted in the EBT raid Thursday. (Photo by Mark Katic)

Boston Police Raid Chinatown Stores In EBT Card Crackdown

A Quincy store owner and 21 individuals have been charged in connection with EBT fraud.

2012/04/19

Ace Wholesale in Lynn was raided as part of an EBT card scam investigation.

EBT Card Scam Shut Down In Lynn

According to prosecutors, some Lynn stores did over half a million dollars in EBT fraud during the last 18 months alone.

2011/12/13

Curious About Food Stamp Benefits Being Cut

Why has the federal government cut food stamp benefits for thousands? The reason made a lot of viewers curious, and angry.

2011/08/22

Help Me Search for a NEW President. (haven’t found one yet)

OK guys……while you’re taking a look at the list of Republicans who think they ought to be President of the United States, including the forum tonight, a couple of things you may want to consider. I’m reasonably pleased with the list of contenders on the GOP side, but positively convinced that one of them should be President? I don’t think so.

2011/06/13

Blogger Scores Victory In Food Stamp Info Fight

The state is backing off after telling a Massachusetts blogger he could face jail time for publishing information about where people spend federal food stamps.

2010/11/13

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