Lafayette re-examining homeless issue

Letter: Stuck when buying stampsPocono RecordI went to buy stamps at the Stroudsburg post office on Wednesday. I was unable to purchase them because my credit card said photo ID. It had to be signed. I had my photo ID and my ID from work with my photo. The postmaster came out and said they…

Enrollment in the state’s food-stamp program has jumped 20 percent since last year as more people struggle with rising costs and the slumping economy. More: continued here

The person using food stamps for dog food may have already owned that pet before going on food stamps. Should you have to give up your animal just because you lost your job or may not be making as much money anymore? More: continued here

FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: 45 million people – that's one in seven living in the U.S. – received food stamps last year. That's a 70% increase from 2007 according to a shocking new report by the Congressional budget office. It shows that in 2010, about three out of four food stamp households included a child,…

More driven to use food stamp programPost-BulletinFood stamp use in Olmsted and other counties across southeastern Minnesota has spiked during the past two years as a swelling population …and more » More: continued here

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) Postal Service Stuck With Glut of 'Simpsons' StampsNew York Times (blog)But according to Bloomberg.com, only 318 million Simpsons stamps have been sold with the remaining 682 million amounting to a waste of $1.2 million in printing costs. The stamps sold for 44 cents and can no longer be used by themselves…