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Opponents tell committee proposed SNAP local‑spend rule would conflict with federal program rules
Summary
Representative Paul Flynn proposed LD 938, a bill aimed at boosting rural retail and local agricultural sales by requiring SNAP recipients to spend a portion of benefits locally and asking retailers to source more perishables from local producers.
Representative Paul Flynn introduced LD 938, an act that would require some SNAP recipients to spend a set portion of monthly benefits in geographically local stores and would ask participating retailers to source a share of perishable inventory from local producers.
Flynn told the committee the idea grew from his experience operating a small town general store and from a long‑standing concern about keeping federal food purchasing power circulating in rural communities. He described a…
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