Content Tagged 'Welfare'

You paid for it. Welfare money meant to care for children is instead being spent on Beale Street, the Orpheum, even liquor stores. ABC 24 senior investigator Jeni Diprizio breaks down how your federal tax money was spent and what lawmakers are doing to stop the rampant abuse. Watch Video

A measure to require drug testing as a condition for receiving welfare has been signed by Gov. Bill Haslam.

The Volunteer State is targeting drug users where it hurts, their stomachs. Tennessee is now joining a growing list of states requiring drug testing for all new welfare recipients. Watch Video

The House has passed a bill to implement a suspicion-based drug testing for welfare recipients in Tennessee.

A measure to require drug testing as a condition for receiving welfare has passed the Senate.

A proposal to drug test people as a condition for receiving welfare is advancing in the House.

The push is back on to make drug tests a requirement for getting food stamps in Tennessee. The Tennessee Attorney General shot down a similar proposal a few weeks ago after raising questions about if it was constitutional. Watch Video

Tennessee attorney general's opinion says the state can't broadly drug test people as a condition of receiving welfare.

Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey says he expects lawmakers will pass a bill requiring drug tests for Tennesseans who get government assistance or workers' compensation. Other high-ranking Republicans aren't so confident.

Those in the Mid-South looking to collect state aid like welfare may soon have to take a drug test to be eligible. One Tennessee lawmaker says he wants to make the drug test a requirement and will push three bills in the 2012 legislative session to make it law. Watch Video