State Committee Discusses Possible SNAP Cuts

Idaho runs SNAP efficiently, officials say. But Congress might make state pay millions more...

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Ricketts column: How to improve SNAP

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State committee discusses possible SNAP cuts

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- If the cuts hold, the federal budget just passed in the U.S. House could cost South Dakota about $14 million in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a state official said Friday. "Right now, there is talk of shifting 5% of the costs in the budget to the state," Brandy Miesner, the chief budget analyst for the state's Bureau of Finance Management told the legislature's interim appropriations committee …