The reason for the apparent contradiction is that conservative welfare reform boosters start from the premise that assistance

Republicans in the state legislature have been looking to avoid enacting some of the cuts proposed earlier this year by Gov

Most drug testing proposals target Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, the federal program most closely associated with

A Walker spokeswoman said that instead of just imposing the drug tests, the governor's forthcoming budget proposal will seek

Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) is moving forward with a plan to make some welfare recipients take drug tests if they want cash benefits, The Associated Press reported this week.

"We must ensure that our tax dollars do not enable the continuation of a drug addiction," LePage said last year. WASHINGTON

While those in favor of the pilot program said it would protect children whose parents are abusing drugs, others like American

Instead of going on a witch hunt to find welfare queens, that by in large do not exist -- Representative Farrington might want to consider spending our money on strengthening our social safety net. Maybe we can spend half a million dollars helping them instead of stigmatizing the poor. Just food for thought.

"It’s become a costly and embarrassing boondoggle for Floridians," Florida ACLU staff attorney Shalini Goel Agarwal said

Popular as it is, federal law doesn't allow states to require drug tests for food stamps or unemployment insurance. (States

Tennessee began a drug test program in July and recently announced its findings from the first month. Of more than 800 people

Mississippi was also supposed to start drug-screening welfare applicants this week, but civil liberties advocates there persuaded