by - April 15, 2025 1:39 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders has asked for a waiver from the Trump administration barring Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients from using their benefits to purchase candy, soft drinks, and other…
by - December 11, 2024 9:07 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Wednesday (Dec. 11) disclosed that she will seek a waiver from the federal government in the new Trump administration to eliminate junk food from being purchased…
by - February 8, 2017 4:53 pm
A bill requiring constitutional, legislative and judicial candidates in Arkansas to use a searchable online campaign finance reporting system passed one committee Wednesday, while a bill requiring government food beneficiaries…
by - January 31, 2014 8:04 am
The earnings report to be issued on Doug McMillon’s 20th day on the job as the new Wal-Mart CEO may not be pretty. Wal-Mart Stores Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley…
by - January 22, 2014 6:24 pm
The loss in Arkansas of more than $52 million in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) funding on Nov. 1, 2013, was expected to reduce benefits to recipients of the government…
by - October 16, 2013 5:31 pm
As the nation’s larger grocer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has plenty to lose come Nov. 1, when SNAP benefits — food stamps — are slashed by $4 billion annually. And the…
by - October 14, 2013 6:39 pm
Americans depending on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will have fewer funds available on Nov. 1 to purchase food for themselves and their families, with Arkansans set to lose $52…
by - July 21, 2013 11:35 am
Those seeking government assistance for food are truly people who have exhausted all other resources. It remains a program for the most vulnerable among us. I have yet to meet…
