Applications for food stamps skyrocket in South Florida

Lee residents' struggles show in food stamp useThe News-PressJuana Jimenez, 30, waits Tuesday to apply for food stamps with her daughters, Karla, 8, and Katherine, 14, at the offices of the Department of Children and … More: continued here

cleveland.com Stamp prices just went up: Year-by-year lookcleveland.comConsider if you don't use online payments: Say you pay six utility-type bills a month (cable, electricity, gas, water, cell phone, mortgage) and six others (health-care, credit cards, insurance premiums, loan, AAA, auto registration, local taxes … More: continued here

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, one in six Floridians now receive food stamp assistance; however, many are also relying on food banks to bridge the gap that food stamps do not cover. More: continued here

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Statement: “In the past two years, we saw an unprecedented increase of almost 70 percent” in food stamp recipients, Nick Macchione, director of the county Health and Human Services Agency, s More: continued here

Consumer Confidential: Big toy recall, J&J's stealth recall, no price hike for …Los Angeles Times (blog)The committee that oversees the US Postal Service has denied a request to hike the price of first-class stamps by an additional 2 cents. …and more » More: continued here