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Minnesota Bracing For Cuts To Food Stamps

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The state is bracing for deep cuts to Minnesota's food stamp program.

Officials expect the state to lose a fourth of its nearly $10 million federal funding this year.

Congress recently took about $110 million from the food stamp program and used it to stop the looming 'dairy cliff,' which would've sent milk prices skyrocketing.

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