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Archive Home > 2010 > May > 17 > Record number get food stamps

Record number get food stamps

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
May 17, 2010

PORTLAND — More than 700,000 Oregonians received food stamps in the month of April, the highest numbers in the program’s history, according to the Oregon Department of Human Services.

Nearly one in five people in the state are relying on the government assistance to help buy....

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