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The $900 billion package provides more relief beyond the $600 checks that have become the focus in Washington.

In West Virginia, tougher work requirements for receiving food stamps complicated life for poor people, but did not result in increased employment.

The Agriculture Department gave its final approval to the first of three rules that are ultimately expected to cut more than three million from the food stamp rolls.

Legal immigrants who rely on programs like food stamps and subsidized housing will find it harder to become permanent residents under a new administration proposal.