State officials say they have eliminated a backlog of applications for food stamps and other benefits that had raised concerns on the part of Chatham County and Savannah officials. More: continued here

Four States Homepage Advocates say Missouri sets food stamp barriersfox2now.comOfficials with the Missouri Association for Social Welfare tell the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that Missouri is the only state where fewer people have received food stamps through the Federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance in recent years amid the …Missouri Food Stamp CutsFour …

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If the post office had better management, they might operate more efficiently. More: continued here

State: Overdue food stamps/benefits being addressed in Savannah, Chatham …Savannah Morning NewsState officials say they have eliminated a backlog of applications for food stamps and other benefits that had raised concerns on the part of Chatham County and Savannah officials. Since late February, the state has caught up with 166,000 …

States resist food stamp cuts – USA TodayUSA TODAYUsing a wrinkle in federal law, at least seven states and the District of Columbia are blocking as much as $1.2 billion in food stamp cuts, preserving federal benefits for millions of people who otherwise would have had them cut by about …

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Firefighters respond to small blaze at Post Office Distribution Center in DuluthGwinnettdailypost.comGwinnett County firefighters were called out to a report of a fire at the Boggs Road Post Office Distribution Center in Duluth on Monday night. Just after 8 p.m., a caller to the 911 dispatch center stated there was …

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US House OKs naming Brockport post office after ReidRochester Democrat and ChronicleThe federal government has moved one step closer toward renaming the Brockport post office in honor of Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas J. Reid, who died in December 2012 in Landsthul, Germany. The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday passed …