State to require job training for food stamps

HAMMOND - The governor said he plans to require able-bodied adults ages 18-49, who have no dependents, to get workforce training for food stamps Thursday.The new regulation would keep 47,000 people on the food stamp program if they all participate. The individuals faced being kicked off food stamps when the previous administration chose not to accept federal money for food stamps months before Governor John Bel Edwards took office.Edwards reversed the order when he took office and Thursday annou