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The Farm Bill advancing in the U.S. House would lift the 28-year ban on felons with drug-related convictions receiving SNAP benefits. Ex-offenders and prison advocates say this will make rehabilitation and returning to life after incarceration easier.
Congress is moving with bipartisan consensus towards ending a ban on felons with drug-related convictions receiving food stamps – a policy seen by ex-offenders and their advocates as an obstacle to reentering society.
“The totals are most likely higher,” one investigator wrote, regarding the alleged misappropriation of funds.
A bill to establish a new governing board to oversee the Arizona State Hospital received bipartisan support at the state Legislature, but similar bills have stalled out at the Capitol over the past few years.The state hospital, which cares for Arizonans with severe mental illnesses who were ordered by a court to seek treatment, has faced criticism for problems with patient
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is proposing major reforms to the care of individuals with serious mental illness receiving court-ordered treatment.