{"id":56383,"date":"2026-05-01T22:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/fact-focus-why-nearly-4-3-million-people-are-no-longer-receiving-food-stamps-ap-news\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:17:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:17:00","slug":"fact-focus-why-nearly-4-3-million-people-are-no-longer-receiving-food-stamps-ap-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/fact-focus-why-nearly-4-3-million-people-are-no-longer-receiving-food-stamps-ap-news\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT FOCUS: Why nearly 4.3 million people are no longer receiving food stamps &#8211; AP News"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxPYUxxeWplUC10YVhqSWVKZ0xGV2JLQzN1bjdwV0U1QkE0Ujh3OWhmZVlfSFFuV1N3YUxwV1FtcldKcTFBM1FhYVgyejJGUHRTbjMxZTRycEVxVnluVkt4Q0tuMkwySkh5VGZlX0Y3dGZRelA4aGhxRlRkY3hLUjBjSnF4a2hCXy1RY3hIU1VrQmdkVS1LYjNUZHBSbEtEb0EzVFNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">FACT FOCUS: Why nearly 4.3 million people are no longer receiving food stamps<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Illinois SNAP benefits: Tens of thousands expected to lose food assistance amid SNAP benefits eligibility changes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ABC7 Chicago<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Thousands of Illinois residents could lose SNAP benefits beginning Friday<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC 5 Chicago<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxPczRlM3QwU0xjNkZLVmg0akswNjhiUFFaTVR0UVNTSVoxU1loM0RKTXAwTF9idzkxeWhMYzY5ODRfWGtESHJwbW5TSW16c1N6d3RaSzUybGprRE50dS1zNUxtNDRvVzRWQnFkYTBfRml5aFNpN1dMV01Ma2FWRUNRdThMYnhiTTd2cWdIMWpreEVIa0U2S3FBeFF30gGuAUFVX3lxTE12S3RVRWNxVGJTcHBfV0NMX2F3ZXBKaWhmZUxqWTdEQTYtb0J2U1JwVTh2SFFZcnVuM2hhbnVnekg5ekdVbnZqZEd0dV9wYVE5VGg3RVVNN1I2SVBoTjl1UDhaLXdKV3R2RDdZUThsRl9HalpGb2NmUUZBMDRleGF0TnZwd28tZzF1ZTFqbWdjYVN6SVo4OHI3LV93NmdWay04TjJDWlZzcHhWQ0RMdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">NY counties face $168M in new costs as federal SNAP funding shifts<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WWNY<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizgFBVV95cUxOME1tWURYT29UU0lFenBaWmZrT2hKT1V5Qk5JR2U5UDU5dlRlcXpHYmxEbE1YU04tQm13SEpIY25wOFNob2JDcnN2SUY1VzhfUmdlNGxVQXFZRFgzUTctWGhkZWc0QWxnTVJ2MVN5TWFFY2Q3WWxDTzRxTVJtWUVRWVVSMHBYdHp5N0dYN3BLaFRxTGJqeXZValR0RFZ3OXQxQTdzRDlUX2MtNnFmZGc4RE9hcGhTcDJMeDlJbk9tUFlReEFIbVpGbzJCWk5RUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">SNAP cuts impact nearly 300,000 Floridians. It&#8217;s not over.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Naples Daily News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FACT FOCUS: Why nearly 4.3 million people are no longer receiving food stamps&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News Illinois SNAP benefits: Tens of thousands expected to lose food assistance&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/01\/fact-focus-why-nearly-4-3-million-people-are-no-longer-receiving-food-stamps-ap-news\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}