Now Oregon is taking another hit: an $84 million cut this year to its food stamp program, the salve that has helped one in five Oregonians through the sluggish recovery. A temporary boost to food ...

Patridge's office continues to prosecute the 65 suspects accused of trafficking in food stamps. (Steven Silton/Klamath Falls Herald and News) Two months ago, the director of the Oregon Department ...

Oregon s 2012 budget for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps, was $1.25 billion. Most people use them honestly and correctly, but people cheat the system by doing things ...

Congress had boosted food stamps during the recession as part of the economic stimulus, but that expired on November 1st. In Oregon, families lost about $36 a month. That might not sound like much ...

In Oregon, 347,365 households were enrolled in the food stamp program in June, with an average monthly benefit of $211.42. Whistleblowing case: Court of Appeals: Agency director not fired for ...

Nearly 20 percent of Oregonians used food stamps, or the federal Supplemental ... Idaho, up 8.5 percentage points. Oregon, up 11.7 percentage points. Washington, up 9.2 percentage points.

HILLSBORO, Ore. — A man who ran a food-stamp fraud scheme out of his two Beaverton businesses has been sentenced to 16 years in prison. But Washington County Judge Suzanne Upton offered Mahmoud ...

The Statesman Journal reports that it’s currently unclear how many people in Oregon would be at risk for losing access to the program commonly known as food stamps, but Oregon Food Bank and ...

The Oregon Food Bank operates 21 regional banks and 1,200 food assistance sites. Here are the states using food stamps the most and least: ...