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LINCOLN (AP) -- Lawmakers have given first-round approval to a bill (LB986) that would encourage the state Department of Economic Development to promote the acceptance of food stamps at farmers markets.
The department would provide grants that would help organizers of farmers markets buy the electronic scanners needed to accept food stamps.
Applications for food stamps have increased significantly in Nebraska over the last year.
Similar increases have prompted lawmakers in California, Indiana, Texas, Vermont and other states to propose laws that would make it easier for their farmers markets to get the machines.
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