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U.S. Department of Agriculture News
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About 1,737,117 Illinois residents were on food stamp rolls in April 2019, a decrease of 4.1 percent over the same month last year, according to data obtained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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About 1,757,209 Illinois residents were on food stamp rolls in March 2019, a decrease of 6.6 percent over the same month last year, according to data obtained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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About 141,914 Illinois residents were on food stamp rolls in February 2019, a decrease of 1196.9 percent over the same month last year, according to data obtained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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About 1,826,750 Illinois residents were on food stamp rolls in January 2019, an increase of 0.7 percent over the same month last year, according to data obtained by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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Cook County commissioners and lawmakers across the state need to learn from the recently repealed soda tax before considering sales taxes or any other new revenue schemes, Commissioner Sean Morrison told the Chicago City Wire.
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Simplified reporting and "loosened eligibility by government bureaucrats" led to record-high enrollment in the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), commonly referred to as food stamps, Douglas Besharov, a professor at the University of Maryland told Chicago City Wire.
