Associated Press - May 29, 2009 6:25 AM ET

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - State officials are telling people to use up their paper food-stamp coupons soon, because stores will stop honoring them after June 17.

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued electronic food-stamp debit cards since 2002, but some old paper coupons are still in circulation.

The federal Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 set the expiration date for paper coupons.

On the Net:

Food-stamp benefits site: http://accessnebraska.ne.gov.

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